Cosy Nights

Dark nights settled in

Sunshine wearing thin

Rain tapping the window frame

A warm glow hearing your name

 

fire burning, flames flicking

night beginning, clock ticking

Wind howling in the cold air

Seeing you I can’t help but stare

 

Hot chocolate, steaming cup

Dog barking, next door’s pup

Our bodies wrapped together tight

Hands together feeling just right

 

Hearts warm, eyes meet

Chocs open, perfect treat

Kiss goodnight you are the best

Dream big, try and get some rest

A Dash of Colour

All I ever saw was the world a wash with grey

Then you walked into my life that fateful day

Your beaming smile graced your perfect face

The greyness gone, the world now a colourful place

 

The trees that once looked so dour and lifeless

Suddenly perked up with leaves and brightness

Swaying silently in the breeze as you walked on by

You make me feel like I’m the luckiest guy

 

The orange torch shone like it’s never shone before

Creating the prefect shadow of you, once more

A blossoming red rose in your hair took centre stage

The colour that was once trapped has escaped the cage

 

Now you are in my life I see the world completely different

Will you be the one to break my unknown fear of commitment

My eyes once only saw the greyness, gloom and the black

But now I have found colour, thankfully,  I won’t be going back

Pawns in a Dangerous Game

The usual gossip about teacher’s holidays and pay
They never seem to mention the 14 hour day
The bureaucracy involved each day at work...
Drives you round the bend, it drives you berserk

Every government moving the goalposts just once more
Teachers trying to keep up with the ever changing law
A new curriculum, a new initiative and a new agenda in mind
Wish they would leave us alone but then they’re not that kind


Expecting children to make the same progress every year
Pressure, pressure, pressure teachers teaching with fear
Everything focused around the core subject rule
Government not valuing an all round creative school


Teachers not being allowed to do what they do best
Another policy passed, please give it all a rest
Mountains of paperwork not effecting the child
Missing lunch, as more paper work needs to be filed


Government officials observing every move you make
Giving a judgement on performance, a career at stake
Outstanding teachers leaving the profession all feeling the same
Teachers believing they are pawns in the government’s dangerous game

Accepting Defeat

I honestly thought I didn’t have a chance

But what I would give to have one more dance

The room would empty leaving us on the floor

If love is an illness then this would be the cure

 

However I won’t have that moment at all

For my advances have hit the invisible brick wall

I looked into your eyes and I knew I would fail

But you, my love, will always be my holy grail

 

It’s time for me to move on but not sure I can

It hurts so much to see you with another man

Linking his arm and laughing at his joke

My heart didn’t melt it just simply broke

 

Which way to turn I honestly don’t know

One thing for certain I’ve hit another low

This is my attempt at accepting a defeat

Hoping that one day my heart will again beat

Fairytale Adventure

Princes and Princesses and dragons from the east

All thrown together to fight the undefeated beast

The adventure takes place in a far away land

Mountains and forests and untouched sand

 

Some royalty involved with a King or a Queen

The black night suffers from being a has been

A quest or a journey takes us to another place

Time running out, for the return is now a race

 

A bridge to cross, the rapids too wide

The night closing in, need somewhere to hide

A problem occurs, a twist in the tale

The quest looks doomed, certain to fail

 

The music begins, the hero’s on his way

Trying desperately to win and save the day

The beast killed, the princesses heart is won

Now that’s how a fairytale adventure is done

She Doesn’t Know

Chorus
She doesn’t know how she makes me feel
She doesn’t know this love is real
She doesn’t know my heart she will steal
She doesn’t know at all


Verse
How can I make her notice me
What you get with me is what you see
She’s got the looks and the personality
She’s let my heart go free


Verse
One day I hope you will be mine
The sun won’t set just continue to shine
There is no one else there is no line
Give me a loving sign


Bridge
You have beauty on the inside and out
The most beautiful girl in the world no doubt
But you don’t know it at all


Verse
The attraction she gets from other guys
I may be a sinner but I’ll tell her no lies
Every time she smiles my heart simply flies
She is my ultimate prize

The Loneliest Man

The quiet thoughts no one hears

Long nights remembering my worst fears

Waiting silently for the sun to rise

Telling more people more happy lies

 

The darkness appears the thoughts set in

No-one to share the false clown grin

Another face for another crowd

Inner loneliness screaming out loud

 

No-one to listen, the crowd have all gone

A thousand people now I stand just one

Like a pebble stranded on a clear white beach

It seems this pebble is silently out of reach

 

The night awaits the loneliness begins

Another night were loneliness wins

Loneliness a drug I would love to ban

Alone writing the loneliest man

Slipped Away

The feeling of emptiness in my soul

My emotions lost, way out of control

Unable to sleep, night rolls into day

Why on earth did I let you slip away?

 

A leap into the unknown worth the risk

The moment passed, the exit so brisk

A future of happiness awaited us both

This, my love, was my eternal oath

 

The clock ticked, the time ran out

Why did I have this internal doubt

I suppose that’s the price you have to pay

I’m so sorry that I let you slip away

Back to square one

Ever had the feeling that you’ve been here before

Asking the same questions and knocking on the same door

Just when you’re thinking there is light not too far ahead

A circumstance happens that unexpectedly  fills you with dread

 

Chorus

Back to square on

Right back to the start

Life was going well

Now it’s been blown apart

 

Jumping over hurdles and running round the track

Carrying life’s weight, the heaviest load on your back

A door slightly opens and you’re ready to go inside

Then the door slams shut and you shoot down life’s slide

 

Bridge

Craving for a helping hand

To help you out of this sinking sand

 

One last chance before you finally give up the ghost

Don’t want to go down that path as you want it the most

Trying to keep your chin up not letting it get you down

Just treading water when you fear you will drown

Perfect Girl

I never knew you existed

I only saw you in my dreams

My nightmare of relationships

Now my life finally gleams

 

I still can’t believe my luck

That I can see you everyday

I didn’t think it would happen

I just continued to hope and pray

 

I don’t use perfection alot

But in this case it’s definitely true

My love grows stronger everyday

There will never be another you

 

You walk like a catwalk model

Gliding on the pavement side

When I saw you, my heart stopped

I thought I’d actully died

 

Amazingly, you don’t really know

How beautiful you really are

You see the good in everyone

You are the shinniest star

 

I didn’t think I could change

But this feeling deep in my soul

This excitement feels strange

My heart you’ve certainly stole

 

I wake up early every morining

Run around like I’m in a race

Excitedly waiting for that moment

When I can see you perfect face

Tonight I realised

Standing there watching the couples pass by

Quietly holding hands in the moonlit sky

Surrounded by thousands and yet I stand alone

Waiting for that text, never arrives on my phone

 

Chorus

Tonight I realised that our love was strong

Tonight I realised what I did was wrong

Tonight I realised I want to be together

Tonight I realised I want to be with you forever

 

I want to be the one who looks into your eyes

Wiping the tears when your weeping heart cries

Picking you up when you’re feeling abandoned or lost

For my love for you doesn’t come at a cost

 

Bridge

Moving away was the price I had to pay

Why didn’t I realise I needed to stay

 

When I return home I’ll be in your arms

Surrendering to your candlelit charms

My mistake forgotten, it’s time to move on

Now this two can finally be one