a carnal woman
maybe she was that way because she was sad and lonely
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leaving a carnal, sexual, woman
one battle over, one victory won
the long struggle that will end
one day in honesty and freedom
not for her, not for years to come
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
heading to her favorite bar
to look for a much younger man
Armistice Day
they were young, they were pals, 744,000 of them died
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they shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
at the going down of the sun and in the morning
we will remember them.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
lest we forget
sad sweet goodbye
you never lose someone you have truly loved
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let the rains fall
and wash away her tears
let me be strong
and take away her fears
let me be kind enough
to wish her well
now she loves another
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
walking away from everything
carnal drinking is messy
addicted to sex, hitting the bars, picking up younger men
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I was mystified
she cheated and lied
sadly that’s bad
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
she likes young men
when she can get them
and they know what to do
if not for her
cheating doesn’t come from a lack of love
it comes from a lack of respect
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I saw you with that whore
open dress public amore
that’s only the final coup
guess that we’re through
nobody to blame but you
you could never be true
got to find someone new
well baby it’s a fond adieu
so stew you faithless bore
you can’t hurt me anymore
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
did you have to choose someone older?
her eyes spoke to his soul
behind her beautiful eyes lay secrets darker and deeper than the sea
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it took me years to realise
that much to my surprise
I could find paradise in her eyes
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
her beautiful blue eyes enraptured his heart
Dreams of Love Lost
don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened
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adieu
she’s gone
we were forever
how can love be over
it’s hard to control sadness
when will my heart beat again?
she knows I can never love another
crying the longest sad sorrow of adieu
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all
Scenes on Sunday ~ Red Skies
red sky at night, sailors delight
red sky in the morning, sailor take warning
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the skies speak in a thousand colours
Scenes on Sunday ~ Free as a Bird
a bear, seeking freedom, the open air, and two tickets to adventure
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
on a day like today
he would blow his cares away
with the wind, the sun, and the sea
lost love’s journey’s ending
the heart’s darkest wilderness is not a place of this Earth
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I have journeyed far
through Xanadu, Samarkand, Shangri-la, and Elsinore
I traveled not for love alone
but to fulfill my quest, meet my fate, and free my soul
my heart torn apart by ardour
I wandered by the mountains of the moon’s raging river
in darkest passion’s burning fervour
I could take the pain and stand the rain as should warrior
a warrior proud, steadfast, alone forever
I wouldst take you far to Shangri-la, a land of never never
so join me, my princess most proud and fair
be my Lady, my Goddess, Queen of Camelot and Elsinore
to be together, as it ’twere long ago and before
lost love’s journey’s ending, together now and forevermore
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
darkness cannot drive out darkness
only the dawn’s early light can do that
