I wish I could
go back in time
to the 1920s.
For if I could,
I’d fullfil my life-long dream of
being a tin-pan alley songwriter.
And if I was lucky,
and I worked hard at my craft,
maybe I could get Bing Crosby to sing my new hit song,
Strawberry Fields Forever
*
When I was a kid I wanted to
learn how to play the piano,
but my parents couldn’t afford to
buy me an entire piano,
but they did get me the piano stool.
So, I mostly practiced my posture.
But you know what?
I was good.
(Big deal!)
“In a Photograph“
Written & performed by George J. Raymond (related)
Copyright © 2019 all rights reserved
I love to see you smile,
love to hear you laugh,
I’ve got one of those in a photograph
And I love to hear you sleep,
love to watch you dream,
I got both of those in my memories
ii.
If you could feel what I feel
when I see you,
heart starts pounding
chills go flying through me …
Among
banana-boat workers,
it’s probably
a rookie error
to randomly yell out,
‘Day-O!’
… And the banana-boat worker
who continually says, “Day-O”,
may one day discover in their lunch pale,
the deadly black tarantula.
My Blue Blue Girl
written & performed by George J. Raymond
copyright © 2018 all rights reserved
*
Every-time I look at you
My blue blue girl
Hair of brown & eyes of brown
What a blue blue girl
What did I do (my baby)
to make you so blue? (my baby my blue)
My blue blue girl
Every-time i take you out
My blue blue girl
all you do is sit and pout
My blue blue girl
What did I do (my baby)
to make you so blue? (my baby my blue)
My blue blue girl
I lay awake at night
wondering why you’re so blue
and I
just don’t know what to do
Oh me
Every day
I read a page from my
Book of Positive Tuba Affirmations.
“You are the greatest tuba player ever.
No one plays the tuba like you.”
I don’t know why I do, though,
because
I don’t play the tuba,
& reading it
just makes me sad about what
I might have been.
Our founder waited for Zander, klaus — but Zander, klaus did not show
“After All These Years”
written & performed by George J. Raymond
copyright © 2016 all rights reserved
& A Blithesome Trefmas To Some of You!
If Typhoid Mary
could be said to have had
a specialty in the kitchen
I suppose it would
have to be Beef Wellington with typhoid
“Since The Light Went Out”
written & performed by George J. Raymond
Copyright © 2016 all rights reserved
“Talking ‘Bout Spam”
written & performed by George J. Raymond
Copyright© 2016 all rights reserved
When I was young
I thought I could change the world w/ my little songs
-I still believe this-
& one day
I mean to sit down
& try writing one
section two
guitar lessons
