Monday, October 12, 2009

Bits N Pieces - A Disjointed Bahamian Novel - D28

(3:44 pm Fri Nov 28, 2008)

(4:04 pm Fri Nov 28, 2008)

The chunks of time see to make a habit of slipping away. And the sad thing is, they manage to slip away while I AM looking just as well as while I am not looking. How do they manage to pull that off time after time. Some times. Before times, Never times, Betimes. Bed times. Dead times. Uncle Fred Times. New York Times. Life and times. Nursery Rhymes. Mountain Climbs. Old wind chimes. Long long lines. Minor crimes. Saline slimes. Windy mimes. Fridgid climes.

***

Sarah woke up in a nice room in a nice hotel near a mall down on Kendall Drive. She ordered herself up some breakfast via room service. Two pancakes, a well done omlette, bacon, toast, orange juice and some fresh fruit.

(4:14 pm Fri Nov 28, 2008)

(4:21 pm Fri Nov 28, 2008)

***

Another chunk gone...

After her meal, Sarah took a quick shower and took the elevator down to the lobby.

She walked outside into the cold air and headed over to the mall. It was a quarter to ten and the mall would be properly open for business soon. She wanted to buy a few things for her cruise tomorrow.

***

Where is Fuller gentle reader? I have been poking about in my head trying to figure out where he may have gone and so far there is not sign of him anywhere.

I am just too tired to think gentle reader. Someone has to start listening to some music for me soon so that I can mkae some headway and put this day and my tired head and body to rest.

Hmmm. I think I know wher Fuller went but I am not sure why yet.

***

Fuller woke op on the couch of a little recording studio in Texas. His cousin from Spanish Wells had a small apartment in town and had offered to let him use it if he ever wanted to visit Texas.

Fuller had been working on some songs with a guy online from the same town for over a year now. He had thought that it might be fun to take a trip to Texas and meet the guy and record some together in person.He hadmentioned it to Sarah a few times but she had always seemed too bust or not interested. He was never quite sure which.

Well, he had finally decided to just go for it. He couldn't remember now just what had caused him to make the decision and to leave without telling Sarah where he was going, but he was liking it so far. Fuller and the guy had been having a blast working on some new songs for the past few ays.

When they wroked deep into the night, Fuller sould just crash on a couch in the studio instead of trying to catch a late night cab back to the apartment.

When he woke up this morning, someone was blasting songs over the monitors.

(4:38 pm Fri Nov 28, 2008)

***

Another
Island and another
Woman and my sailboat
Sailing and the breeze is
Blowing
And I need some time
To get you off of my mind
Cause the sun is shining
And the water's fine

Well I speared a grouper
And I dove some conch
Come night I mashed de roach
In a honkey-tonk
Yes that old red rooster
He was really jumping
And the gals was wine-ing
And my heart was thumping

Another
Island and another
Woman and my sailboat
Sailing and the breeze is
Blowing
And I need some time
To get you off of my mind
Cause the sun is shining
And the water's fine

***

It's just a pop song boys
It aint nothing special
It's just a pop song boys
It aint gonna change the world

It's just a pop song boys
Make you feel a little better
A little better
A little better
A little better than before

It's just a pop song boys
So turn your radio louder
It's just a pop song boys
Jump up and dance a little while

It's just a pop song boys
Make you feel a little better
A little better
A little better
A little better than before

It's just a pop song boys
So turn your radio louder
It's just a pop song boys
So crank it up and make some noise

It's just a pop song boys
Make you feel a little better
A little better
A little better
A little better than before

***

I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Baby how low can you go
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now

I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
I'm comin' in the clear
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you hear me now

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Dance it baby uh huh
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you hear me now

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I'm leaving all I'm feeling
I don't know why I'm leaving
I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I said goodbye, goodbye
Can you hear me now

***

Gonna treat you right
Baby treat you right
Every day and night
Gonna treat you right

I'm gonna treat you fine
Baby all the time
Then you'll be mine baby all the time
And I'll treat you fine

Gonna treat you right
Every day and night
Don't wanna fight
Just treat you right

Gonna treat you right
Baby treat you right
Baby every day
And every night

Gonna treat you right
With the stars tonight
Baby if I may and baby if I might
Wanna kiss sweet your lips here tonight

***

There she goes
Re-arranging my heart again
There she goes
Re-arranging my heart

I believed what I was told
They said she had a heart of gold

There she goes
Re-arranging my heart again
There she goes
Burning down my soul

She said baby let's pretend
I've had my share of lesser men

There she goes
Re-arranging my heart again
There she goes
Burning down my soul

***

I was driving underwater
In my brand new Cadillac
With the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

We were heading down to Memphis
Where I had plans to blow my stack
On the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

There was something in the water
That made it hard to see
So I had to drive by feeling
And that was just alright by me

Cause that undertaker's daughter
Took me by surprise
And the steam was bubbling all around
With Memphis on the rise

So I gave a lobo whistle
And squirmed in my Levis
Then I kissed her cherry lips
And pierced her hot green eyes

Then we reached the shores of Memphis
And the King came out to see
The undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back with me

And as he faded in the mists of time
I heard a lobo sound
And a hunk of burnt out love
Came crashing to the ground

Then I went driving underwater
In my brand new Cadillac
With the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

***

Everybody
Has stopped dreaming
And now they're acting oh so surprised

Say their lives have
No more meaning
They can't see when they open their eyes

Under pressure
From each other
To perform for American pies

Someday better
In their childhood
They weren't telling so many lies

Everybody
Has stopped dreaming
Come and join they continually cry

But this dreamer
Won't stop dreaming
Sun's too bright and he's on the rise

Got a spark here
For you baby
Light your dreams if you grab a surprise

***

Love is strange yeah
Love is sweet
Love is often incpomplete
All the girls I chanced to meet
Left me crying in the street
Left me laughing in defeat
But I'm standing on my feet

Love is strange yeah
Love is sweet
Love is often indescrete
All the girls I chanced to meet
Spread the word out on the street
Laughed at me in my defeat
I'm still standing on my feet

Love is strange yeah
Love is sweet
Love is often incpomplete
All the girls I chanced to meet
Left me crying in the street
Salty puddles at my feet
But I'm standing tall and free

Girl you know
I need someone
To love me like
The morning sun

Girl you know
And yes it's true
I need someone
Someone like you

***

I spent some time yesterday
With a girl I left behind
In the darkness of my memory
In the salty mists of time

She's been living out in Frisco
But her husband has just died
And now she's moved back with her mother
To that cottage called "High Tide".

Yes she's moved back with her mother
To that cottage called "High Tide".

Well we had oursleves some good times
When our hearts were young and free
When we lived just for the moment
And our love was plain to see

But somehow true love escaped us
And when she left me how I cried
Cause she broke my heart forever
Near that cottage called "High Tide".

Cause she broke my heart forever
Near that cottage called "High Tide".

I've been drifting ever since then
Though I never made it far
And I been singing in a rock band
But I never was a star

***

It's a grey day
It's a grey day
And the whitecaps
Are in the harbour
There's a cold wind
Blowing salty
Across the road
It chills my bones

It's a grey day
It's a grey day
And the whitecaps
Are in the harbour
Watch the big waves
Making white foam
Crash the rocky
Honeycomb

It's a grey day
It's a grey day
And the whitecaps
Are in the harbour
See the sea weed
Gather angry
Meet the shoreline
Tumbling sand

It's a grey day
It's a grey day
And the whitecaps
Are in the harbour
There's a cold wind
Blowing salty
Across the road
It chills my bones

It's a grey day
There's a cold wind
Blowing salty
It chills my bones

***

Almost there now gentle reader. One more decent length song and I should be good to go. What a way to build up the count huh?

***

You and I we used to dance
In the days before romance
Young hearts never took the chance
To get closer than the dance

Then came love with all its fears
And my nights of endless tears
Nights I'd wonder when or where
You might once again be near

You and I have one more dance
Perhaps in England perhaps in France
Wiser hearts should take a chance
Perhaps get closer than the dance

***

Perhaps two songs genlte reader.

***

Everybody knows my name
But to me they're all the same
Darling you're the only one
That I want when the day's run
Its course

Everybody wants their fame
I only want what I can't tame
Darling you're the only one
That I want when the day's done
Of course

The force of your love
Is pushing me higher
The heat of your skin
Fuels every desire within
Our hearts and our souls and our brains
Like two runaway trains
Are rushing us on
We dare not remain
But fly on till dawn
Has come once again

Everybody wants someplace
I seek my own with calm and grace
Darling you're the only one
That I want the only one
I love

***

Well gentle reader, all cells are green for the day and I am going to shu things down and try to rest some. Feed the dogs first though.... Must feed the dogs...

(4:54 pm Fri Nov 28, 2008)

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