8. Tangerine
jimmy dorsey croons
on the old gramophone
last century
9. four sticks
four sticks only
cinnamon was a luxury
on the shopping list
10. When the levee broke
the rains came
burst the dam flooded the land
no ark to be found
11. dazed and confused
wartime casualty
staggering out of the jungle
he married the first girl he clapped eyes on
12. no quarter
a haunting memory
from lawrence of arabia
no prisoners
Day 13 Kashmir
kashmir flower boats
picturesque - we don't see the machine guns
set up in the bushes
Day 14... Stairway to Heaven
they all looked the same
could never work out which one came
with the directions to heaven
All so damned good, my favourite being dazed and confused.
ReplyDeleteListened to Jimmy Dorsey and thoroughly enjoyed. Just checked and this was recorded before my time - phew!
Anna :o]
How I remember haunting the old record shops, and collecting the pop music records in the 1950's; I even rembere 'Tangerine'!
ReplyDeleteMy mother loved this song.
ReplyDeleteOh, these are brilliant! Put me in the shade, why don't ya? (We were on the same track with Kashmir.)
ReplyDeleteA couple of Aussie chicks haikuing their way through life...that's us !
ReplyDeleteHa, I like it!
Delete"Kashmir" made my heart beat a bit faster. Such a contrast--and reality--between what we see and what is.
ReplyDeleteout into the snow
ReplyDeleteshovel with all of your might
Dorsey would approve
Wonderful snippets to enjoy. Loved "Tangerine", which reminded me of songs that used to have words that were understood, and lyrics that made sense! So much of today's music is one or two lines, repeated endlessly over and over with a few "come on nows" thrown in. YUK
ReplyDeleteI like the frugal shoppers buying four sticks of cinnamon at a time. A few stores in the US still allow that...
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