talkin’ Valentines Day blues …






no more cotton-candy floss, away with the veneer,

banish the gloss,


i don’t want it if it ain’t real,

if it doesn’t make me sing,

cry, if it doesn’t make me feel,


lose the smile,

painted on, all the while, tearing up inside,

where i crawl away to hide,


so get rid of the flotsam, the jetsam,

the crap we shovel each day,

making a living,

absorbing the uncouth words the bosses say,


cos’ I’m sick of this parade, this grand jury, this empty soulless charade,


of the fun and games, win, win, win, or be a loser,

and end up in ashes burnt by the flames,


take me away, lock me up somewhere far, away from the booze, the broken hearts, the asphalt, far from the melting tar,


i can’t breathe here  no more,

with your cocktailed mocktails,

your canapes and your fluff,


i swear i don’t need any of this stuff,


so stuff it all and lets flee these concrete walls, closing in as dawn and dusk falls,


night in and night out,


i don’t want it no more, i want out …




… away from this city of gold,

where hearts are strung out in the cold,

and once a year chocolate shaped candies are sold,

and the lovers cling onto the fragile lives they tenuously hold,


i am tired of these fake verandahs,

faux-fur, purple blouses, brown shirts, club soda,


neatly trashed in recycled eco-friendly bags,


i want something real,

something truly true,


so c’mon girl,

take a chance on me,


i will have all of you,


far away we’ll flee,

where birds still sing free,


where we can be,

what we want to be …