Beside You
(apologies to Van Morrison and JRRT)
My sweet Frodo's gone
Way out of the backstreet
Out of the window
Through the fallin' rain
Right on time
Right on time
That's why Broken Arrow
Waved his finger down the road so dark and narrow
In the evenin'
Just before the Shire six-bells chime, six-bells chime
And all the dogs are barkin'
Way on down the diamond-studded highway where you wander
And you roam from your retreat and view
Way over on the main road
Tomorrow all the wagons will unload
Every scrapbook stuck with glue
And I'll stand beside you
Beside you dear
To never never never wonder why at all
No no no no no no no no
To never never wonder why at all
To never never never wonder why it's gotta be
It has to be
Way across the country where the hillside mountain glide
The dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot hobbit child to wander
Past your window with a lantern lit
You held it in the doorway and you cast against the pointed island breeze
Said your time was open, go well on your merry way
Past the brazen footsteps of the silence easy
You breathe in you breathe out you breathe in you breathe out you breath in
you breathe out you breathe in you breathe out
And you're gone on your high-flyin' cloud
Wrapped up in your magic shroud as peacefullness surrounds you
This time it's found you
You turn around you turn around you turn around you turn around
And I'm beside you
Beside you
Oh darlin'
To never never wonder why at all
No no no no no
To never never never wonder why at all
To never never never wonder why it's gotta be
It has to be
And I'm beside you
Beside you
Oh child
To never never wonder why at all
I'm beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Oh child
Ringshadow
(aka Moonshadow-apologies to Cat Stevens and JRRT-for Frodo in Cirith Ungol)
Oh, I'm bein' followed by a ringshadow, ringshadow, ringshadow
hiding and running from a ringshadow, ringshadow, ringshadow
And if I ever lose my mind, lose my innocence, lose my life,
Oh if I ever lose my life, Oh if.... I won't feel the pain no more.
And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,
Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh if.... I won't have to cry no more.
And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg,
Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh if.... I won't have to walk no more.
And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south,
Yes if I ever lose my mouth, Oh if.... I won't have to talk...
Did it take long to find me? I asked my faithful Sam.
Did it take long to find me? And are you gonna help me fight?
Written on the occasion of the messageboards returning after being knocked out for two days by Hurricane Isabel.
The Boards are Back
my boyfriend's back lyrics by chiffons (changed by me)
They've been away, I hung around
It bothered me all night
When I had to go without them
I said things that weren't very nice.
The boards are back and I'll post without trouble
(Hey la, hey la, th boards are back)
When I saw they were up I came back on the double
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
I'd say I was patient by that is untrue
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
Now that I can post, I won't be blue
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
(And you know that I've been tryin')
(And you know I'm not lyin')
They've been gone for such a long time
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
But now they're back and things will be fine
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
I hope everybody made it through the storm
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
Cause it was kinda big and it was awful strong
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
This is a hobbit-maid pining for Frodo (prehaps my Rosemary character from my "Rosemary for Remembrance" story)
Bag End Avenue
(aka Cypress Avenue by Van Morrison, apologies to Van and Tolkien)
And I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And I'm conquered by his eyes sweet
Not a thing that I can do
I may go crazy
Before that smial underhill
I may go crazy
Before that smial underhill
But my heart keeps beating faster
And my feet can't keep still
And all the little girls rhyme something
On the way back home from school
And all the little girls rhyme something
On the way back home from school
And the leaves fall one by one by one by one
Call the autumn time a fool
Yeah baby my tongue gets tied
Every every every time I try to speak
My tongue gets tied
Every time I try to speak
And my inside shakes just like a leaf on a tree
I think I'll go on to bywater with my cherry cherry wine
I believe I'll go walking by the main road with my cherry cherry wine
When I hear the rumbling thunder, how my lonesome heart does pine
And wait a minute, yonder comes my Frodo
Golden sunlight in his hair
Yonder comes my Frodo
Golden sunlight in his hair
Nine white fingers, a broken carriage
Returning wounded but fair
Baby, baby, baby
And if I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And if I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And I'm conquered by his eyes sweet
And I'm looking straight at you
Way up on, way up on, way up on....
The avenue of trees
Keep walking down
In the wind and the rain, darling
You keep walking down when the sun shone through the trees
Nobody, no, no, no, nobody stops me from loving you baby
Both young and old, fifty years old
Baby, baby, baby...
Ooooh-ee
Grace (1994)by Jeff Buckley (slight changes by me)
There's the moon asking to stay
Long enough for the eagle to fly me away
Well it's my time coming, i'm not afraid to die
My fading voice sings the end,
But he cries to the clicking of time
Of time
Wait in the fire...
And he weeps on my arm
Walking to the bright fire in sorrow
Drink a bit of water we both might go tomorrow
Oh my friend
The mountain is falling and i believe
My time has come
It reminds me of the pain
I might leave
Leave behind
Wait in the fire...
And I feel him call my name
So easy to know and forget with all this
I'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow
Road to Orodruin
aka Road to Mandaly by Robbie Williams (a few small changes by me)
Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a deadly holiday
There's nothing for me left to say
This sombre song would drain the sun
But it won't shine until it's sung
No water running in the stream
The saddest place we've ever been
This ring I touched was golden
Everything I loved got broken
On the road to Orodruin
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way
There's nothing left for you to give
The truth is all that you're left with
I'll destroy it then at dawn
We will die and be reborn
I like to sleep beneath the trees
Have the universe at one with me
Look through the circle of the one
And feel the Moon replace the Sun
Everything I had was stolen
I have returned lost and broken
No more spiders left to slay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way
Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a deadly holiday
There's nothing for me left to say
I'm Tired Sammy Boy
(aka I'm Tired Joey Boy by Van Morrison, changes by me)
I'm tired Sammy Boy
While your courage you keep
My life is so troubled
Now I can't go to sleep
I would walk myself out
But the streets are so dark
I shall wait till the morning
And walk in the park
This life is so simple when
One is at home
And I never complained
When the the quest must be won
Oh I'm tired Sammy Boy of the makings of men
I would like to be cheerful again
The golden one took me
And rode me too far and
Valinor may bring me to healing once more
Sit down by the river
And watch the stream flow
Recall all the dreams
That you once used to know
The things you've forgotten
That took you away
To pastures not greener but meaner
Love of the simple is all that I need
I've no time for schism or lovers of greed
Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen
When silence will touch you
And heartbreak will mend.
Lady of the Morning
(aka Angel of the Morning,
original lyrics by Chip Taylor (slight changes by me)
Though these rings to bind your hands
Still your love can bind my heart
And there's no need to take a stand
For it was I who chose to start
There is no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn
I'll call you Lady of the morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby
I'll call you Lady of the morning
Slowly slowly turn away from me
Well maybe the sun's light will be dim
but it won't matter anyhow
In morning's echo will love begin?
Well, it was what I wanted now.
And if we're the victims of the night
I promise you I won't be blinded by light
I'll call you Lady
Touch my cheek before you leave me baby.
I'll call you Lady of the morning morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby
I'll call you Lady of the morning (baby
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby)
I'll call you Lady of the morning
Slowly slowly turn away from me from me
From me
Burning Ground
And I carried you up to the burning ground
It was torn from you and the mountain came down
In the wind and rain I'm gonna see you again
In the morning sun and when the day is done
And you take my hand and you walk with me
Sometimes it feels like eternity
And I turned the tide and earned my pride
And if I made you proud don't say it out loud
When I carried you up to the burning ground
To the burning ground, to the burning ground
To the burning ground, to the burning ground
And I took you up to the mountain
And it happened as was meant to be
And you understand that our work is done
And I pick you up on a day with no sun
And I pull you through by the skin of your teeth
And I lift your burden, the pain underneath
And you return here and should sit on a throne
And you make me feel that I'm not alone
And I carried you up to the burning ground
To the burning ground, to the burning ground
To the burning ground
Nightswimming
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The drawing on the mantle, sketched years ago,
Turned around backwards so the window shows
The bright moonlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.
I forgot my cares at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I'm not sure all these people understand.
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water.
They cannot see me crying.
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday.
Nightswimming, remembering that night.
September's coming soon.
I'm pining for the moon.
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
My words, so pale and dumb
Could not describe nightswimming.
You, you know I miss you.
You I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me,
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming.
The moolight reflects,
Every shadow a reminder.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.