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POEMS BY ROBERT MONK
Different View
New ways of life,
New rays of light,
New ways to reconsider.
A different view,
See what you do,
The mind it starts to shiver.
Standing on the inside ‘cos you’re strange
Crying out for some change,
Reaching down into the drain
You’re mind got left out in the rain
Now you’re washing your stockings again AND
AGAIN
Why don’t you go outside?
Why don’t you go outside?
New ways of life,
New rays of light,
New ways to reconsider.
A different view,
See what you do,
The mind it starts to shiver.
Everything costs money
Everything costs so much fucking money
But we could have fun just by being funny
I feel so high girl, I’m as light as a feather
I could be blown away whatever the weather
Before I drift into the endless forever
I want you beside me, happy together
Before I drift into the endless forever
I want you beside me, happy together
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah
New ways of life,
New rays of light,
New ways to reconsider.
A different view,
See what you do,
The mind it starts to shiver.
Standing on the inside ‘cos you’re strange
Crying out for some change,
Reaching down into the drain
You’re mind got left out in the rain
Now you’re washing your stockings again AND
AGAIN
Why don’t you go outside?
Why don’t you go outside?
New ways of life,
New rays of light,
New ways to reconsider.
A different view,
See what you do,
The mind it starts to shiver.
Everything costs money
Everything costs so much fucking money
But we could have fun just by being funny
I feel so high girl, I’m as light as a feather
I could be blown away whatever the weather
Before I drift into the endless forever
I want you beside me, happy together
Before I drift into the endless forever
I want you beside me, happy together
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Untitled
It was a morning unlike any other
No dissident sounds but thoughts of Mother
Shock of breeze left me un-feeble
Mind not so full of needles
Temporal circle was stable
Flowing from tower of fable
Forms and scenes were distinguished
Pain of doubt was extinguished
And many-legged rodents weren’t chasing
Outside, goal-seekers not racing
Living from within and with one
Watching passage of moon and sun,
What secrets might we uncover?
When there is a morning unlike any other
Snakeskin Sandwich
Messing with poison and counting the cost,
Mixing my potions to cover the loss.
Hanging in boudoirs full of fools,
Someone please cut me from this ship of tools.
Man over there thick with bricks
Snakeskin sandwich and a cocktail stick,
Given to glory then gave up the goats,
Tyranny of sunshine got on his ghost
The heat of the quagmire can’t find the door,
The depth of a soul-crime can’t fake any more.
The reason is wanting the plan disappears,
Sticky wish fulfilment to cover the fears.
Bring me back my logic and my box of tricks,
Get it all together for another fix.
Time is slowly bleeding as we look away,
Leave the rabid monkeys for another day.
The cat crawls out the mirror with a frown,
I should be so up but I’m hitting the ground.
Surrender to dreamtime and banish my sight,
Listen to the soldiers worship the night.
It was a morning unlike any other
No dissident sounds but thoughts of Mother
Shock of breeze left me un-feeble
Mind not so full of needles
Temporal circle was stable
Flowing from tower of fable
Forms and scenes were distinguished
Pain of doubt was extinguished
And many-legged rodents weren’t chasing
Outside, goal-seekers not racing
Living from within and with one
Watching passage of moon and sun,
What secrets might we uncover?
When there is a morning unlike any other
Snakeskin Sandwich
Messing with poison and counting the cost,
Mixing my potions to cover the loss.
Hanging in boudoirs full of fools,
Someone please cut me from this ship of tools.
Man over there thick with bricks
Snakeskin sandwich and a cocktail stick,
Given to glory then gave up the goats,
Tyranny of sunshine got on his ghost
The heat of the quagmire can’t find the door,
The depth of a soul-crime can’t fake any more.
The reason is wanting the plan disappears,
Sticky wish fulfilment to cover the fears.
Bring me back my logic and my box of tricks,
Get it all together for another fix.
Time is slowly bleeding as we look away,
Leave the rabid monkeys for another day.
The cat crawls out the mirror with a frown,
I should be so up but I’m hitting the ground.
Surrender to dreamtime and banish my sight,
Listen to the soldiers worship the night.
Heart Attack
I can feel the heart attack
I can feel it’s coming back
Fly across the country
So that you can’t see me
I can feel the heart attack
You can see the way to go
Lucky that I didn’t know
Show me all your reasons
Why you might be leaving
You can see the way to go
Caught the air of defeat
Remembering how it was
Just to meet you
Think I got carried away
Thought I had something to say
They can feel it falling down
They can feel it turning round
Had it with each other
Never be another
They can feel it falling down
I can feel the heart attack
I can feel it’s coming back
Fly across the country
So that you can’t see me
I can feel the heart attack
You can see the way to go
Lucky that I didn’t know
Show me all your reasons
Why you might be leaving
You can see the way to go
Caught the air of defeat
Remembering how it was
Just to meet you
Think I got carried away
Thought I had something to say
They can feel it falling down
They can feel it turning round
Had it with each other
Never be another
They can feel it falling down
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Black Monday
A bitter wind sings a song just for me
A lament too fragile to really be
Monday, Monday so bad for me
This weekend I saw what I wanted to see
Stupid girl to cruel to be kind
I was in a rush and damaged my mind
Before I leave I want you to know
I never lied about where we should go
For eight thousand years I've waited
So you could have participated
Unhappy wish fulfilment
Swallowed my dreams
A bitter wind sings a song just for me
A lament too fragile to really be
Monday, Monday so bad for me
This weekend I saw what I wanted to see
Stupid girl to cruel to be kind
I was in a rush and damaged my mind
Before I leave I want you to know
I never lied about where we should go
For eight thousand years I've waited
So you could have participated
Unhappy wish fulfilment
Swallowed my dreams
Don't Look Away
Drinking in the pub all by myself
I know I'm doing nothing for my general health
But I've got pain and I've got wealth
So I'm going to spend it here
I can't hurt you so I'll hurt myself
And I can't love you so I'll fuck myself
Stick your ugly mug back on the shelf
We've got a long way to go
The reasons have been written
It's the season to be bitten
And my feelings so leaving
As the ceiling starts deceiving
The back of my brain is fucking freezing
And I'm still inside
Don't look away now
Can you tell me what the score is
Don't look away now
Can you tell me what the score is
Don't look away now
Can you tell me what the score is
This game is played behind close doors
The expression on your face speaks of grim
distaste
And the colour of your tongue
Isn't any fun
Why don't I go
And get a gun
We've got a long way to go
Drinking in the pub all by myself
I know I'm doing nothing for my general health
But I've got pain and I've got wealth
So I'm going to spend it here
I can't hurt you so I'll hurt myself
And I can't love you so I'll fuck myself
Stick your ugly mug back on the shelf
We've got a long way to go
The reasons have been written
It's the season to be bitten
And my feelings so leaving
As the ceiling starts deceiving
The back of my brain is fucking freezing
And I'm still inside
Don't look away now
Can you tell me what the score is
Don't look away now
Can you tell me what the score is
Don't look away now
Can you tell me what the score is
This game is played behind close doors
The expression on your face speaks of grim
distaste
And the colour of your tongue
Isn't any fun
Why don't I go
And get a gun
We've got a long way to go