A cold old worried lady
took my hand today
she warned of gloom
impending doom
I laughed and I sent her on her way
- From Triumvirat ( a sort of weaker version of ELP) in the 70s.
There's more but I can't pull it from the memory stick formerly known as my mind.
I'll see if I can dig it up on the web later.
Or my vinyl.
Here it is:
a cold old worried lady
took my hand today
she warned of gloom,
impending doom
i laughed
and i sent her on her way
then as she closed my garden gate
she turned to me and stared
there was nothin' said,
but inside my head
i felt
just a little bit scared
alone inside my empty house
i reflected on her words
predicting things so bad,
i guess she must be mad
still i wish,
i wish i'd never heard
as shadows began to wash my room
thought about my past
the mistakes i made,
the dues i never paid
am i a ship
without a mast?
i know i wasn't always wrong
but i wasn't often right
'cos when being kind
means being left behind
it's a choice,
a simple choice of black or white
everybody gets what's coming
and it's just what i deserve
i'd be crueler still,
'cos i've got the will
but i never,
no i never had the nerve
i'm a lonely empty body
a worn and faded brain
so i'll stay inside,
where it's safe to hide
and never
face the world again
is there nothing left to life for
nothing left to do?
it's a crazy pain,
when your life's in vain
i'll be glad,
i'll be glad when mine is through
i think i'll use my shotgun
or a hundred colored pills
though i don't know how, really mean it now
i'll try anything, anything,
anything that really kills
lord, a strong imagination
should be locked inside your head
now there is no pain,
but i can't explain
why i wish,
i wish i wasn't dead
a cold old worried lady
took my hand today
she warned of gloom,
impending doom
i laughed,
then i sent her on her way
This song was done over a lilting piano bed and orchestral arrangement which made it even weirder.
Also - "Trapped under Ice" - Metallica
...and anything by Glen Benton.
[ Edited by: pablus 2005-07-12 19:08 ]
