I kissed a banshee But I never made her wail Sent her away happy And lived to tell the tale A past that needs erasing A memory shroud of doubt I hide behind double glazing That keeps the birdsong out There’s a tiger that hides in the bushes Eyes that burn in the night The birds stay high in the branches And the stars stay just out of sight So now I rise really early Live my days upside down Dawn’s darkness doesn’t deter me Waiting for spring to come round In September when shadows descend Before we go home in October again The memory is mine to defend No more light in the evenings to spend We go home in October again We go home in October again I seek light that leaks around doorways Live in a land with no sound The last ghosts of the highway ignore me And my breath sinks down to the ground Like mist is the sighs of dinosaurs As they buried the bones that we found I know that I been here before Cos this earth keeps spinning around We go home in October again We go home in October again We go home in October again……………………..

The night breeze is a welcome guest - it carries the scent of your breath The only freedom for a slave tonight is death And I am Spartacus – nailed to a cross All that’s left of us – is the time that we lost Do you believe in ghosts like you are never alone ? Do you hear footsteps following you ? – on your way home ? And do moments like these - always end too soon ? And life turns lonely and you’re howling at the moon I been in your mind and I know what you been dreaming of Take whatever I can find - I don’t need to be in love I got stolen stars I left behind – that was my only crime Memories that I rewind – now I gotta do the time I see clouds floating by - and rain from the fallen sky I’m so glad I learned to fly but I never meant to get this high Years disappear into memories Stuck in my mind for centuries Comets return after hundreds of years - planets spin around like lost and lonely spheres We’re all just a prisoners of gravity And I stare into the vacuum of my eyes And I see the vacuum of my mind But memories like these can keep you in orbit for a lifetime Like a sad country ghost over a Nashville Skyline And those old records spin around inside my mind Music is the key to travelling in time

There must be some mathematical beauty A brutal empire can’t crush Some unification theory Space and time is twisted enough All the planets spin around We are prisoners of the ground Gravity holds us all down We got tablets of stone And we got rulers on their thrones But the Queen dropped her crown It’s broken on the ground Gravity drags us all down Birds might fly High in the sky But everything falls Nobody knows why I don’t need St Teresa’s heart in a glass I got a lover’s heart to trespass I watch every flake of snow Settle on the cold ground below Gravity drags us down don’t you know All the planets spin around We are prisoners of the ground Gravity holds us all down

The comets are coming Driving like a steam trains over the sky Secure in their gravity But this is called reality On the ground where our lives lie Time is still running Down and round and over us all Gravity is pulling all the time Taking everything that was mine Like the wind takes the voices that call Silver bullets in a clear blue sky Love can burn our hearts and hate can burn our minds Blue skies can make me cry - in my minds eye And only Gods and their angels can fly - and tell lies Darkened angels with wasted hearts Evil pilots of a silver hearse In the lounge where love departs Curse the sound when the engine starts Taking you away across the universe This time is our anchor That keeps us bound inside our minds And I want you to talk to me – all of the time I want to take your life and wrap it with mine Nobody ever conceived such a grand design The heavens and the stars and planets too Are falling in pieces The sky is for travellers – leaving today Pack your heart and take it away Leave me in pieces Blue skies always make me cry Con-trails of evil Leave me in pieces Leave me in pieces Leave me in pieces Leave me in pieces

Out of the deep blue horizon A dart to the heart of this land Is the future surprising ? Or is it just like you planned ? It always was - it always will The river ’s long - but never still You’re climbin (on) the tallest mountain Swimmin (in) the deepest sea Like a poet or a politician Speakin (in) riddles to me It always was - it always will The river ’s deep - but never still Are you building your beacons So high and so grand The light of your religion Is a shadow over the land It always was - it always will The river ’s dark - but never still And so I’m gonna choose a whole other lifestyle I got the power of flight - I can soar in my mind But you - you’re walking with the ghost of the Susquehanna Your on a road all the way from Florida - to Canada So you tried it on with John Wayne’s Mrs Before he told you to “beat it” And so you got a Full Monte Breakfast And took all your clothes off to eat it On a dark desert highway We were shooting stars You said I’ll do it my way And you shot Frank Sinatra It always was - it always will The river ’s slow - but never still

You’re falling – you got a midnight cowboy on your trail He’s calling – like a coyote now the moon is pale But there’s silence – my heart beats without a sound And there’s darkness – the stars are falling to the ground He’s calling – singing all his charms And you’re falling – you got a midnight cowboy in your arms I got a pig’s heart and I was born to bore Is your head sore ? – can’t you take it anymore ? Are you leavin’ ? – on the midnight train this evening ? So the days can wait and I will wait with them It’s a death grip – I can never return to where I been So I’m calling – from beyond a grave that holds my heart I’m walking – with the forgotten dead who don’t depart I need a new start – but I can’t find the exit door I got a pig’s heart – but it’s still all yours Now angels never talk to me Like I’m the Saint of Blasphemy And women never talk to me Like I’m the Master of Mysogeny I’m finished – like a Hannibal Lecter victim And you picked him – to rip out a heart, bleed it dry and baked He’s an angel – fallen from the Cherubim To be a devil – to the luckless, abandoned and forsaked Only the lonely - can resist a mortal sin So I’m saintly - I never ever made a worse mistake In history – where all sad stories lie And gravity – can pull an angel from the sky

Take My Word © ANeckenderMusic 2012 I woke up with a gun A(Riff) I had one bullet gone A(Riff) Couldn’t remember what I’d done A(Riff) Or if I was on the run A(Riff) So I tried an open mic D, Am Told them what I’d heard D, Am Life’s a bitch and I’m her son A(Riff) They took my word Take.........................take................. E, Am(5th), D, Am(1st) Take my word A(Riff) I pulled out a guitar Never felt so good It had one string gone And the crowd wanted blood I just looked the other way And cooked a blue chord They knew I was here to stay They took my word Take.........................take................. Take my word Why don’t you take my word ? C, G I tell all the lies you never heard C, G The future is a tomb and we’re both interred C, G Take my word - take my word - take my word F, G, A(Riff) One time I was in Rome The wine tasted fine How did I get so far from home ? So far down the line The Coliseum was a gas I just drew my sword They knew I was here to last They took my word Take.........................take................. Take my word A, B, C#, Eb (Into key: Ab) Ab, C#, Eb Why don’t you take my word ? Ab, C#, Eb I tell the lies you never heard Ab, C#, Eb This is a tomb and we’re both interred Ab, Cm, C#, Eb Because a dream forgotten is a dream that is festered Take my word - take my word - take my word Ab, Cm, C#, Eb..........E(Into Key: A) A(Riff) Why do Doctors never take my word ? Why do lawyers never take my word ? Why do the police never take my word ? Why do priests never take my word ? Fortune tellers will tell you The future is blurred But I tell them how it really is They take my word Take.........................take................. Take my word A, B, C#, Eb (Into key: Ab) Ab, C#, Eb Why don’t you take my word ? Ab, C#, Eb I tell the lies you never heard Ab, C#, Eb This is a minefield we both entered Ab, Cm, C#, Eb A dream forgotten is a dream festered Take my word - take my word - take my word Ab, Cm, C#, Eb..........E(Into Key: A) A(Riff)

I see a grey angel at night His eyes pierce into mine He marks my life and my time Puts his hand on my shoulder if he hears me lyin And if there are demons in the trees He clears the holy path for me Dead demons are history They better not mess with me Only my faith keeps me sane Only the faithful will remain The devil is on my trail But my belief will never fail He knows the demons’ disguise Checks the light inside my eyes He’s a heavy heaven sent sentry No demons can ever get entry There are times when I fail The flesh can be weak and frail I got a pistol that fires nails Crucified demons mark my trail Only my faith keeps me sane Only the faithful will remain The devil is on my trail But my belief will never fail These days last a lifetime Death comes in the night time

I’ve seen this movie before Sad endings are a bore On a Betjeman train journey “ England’s meadows never bore me Leaving London way behind That was another time So it’s only Halloween I’ve eat 6 eyeballs and a spleen “ It’s not the worst it’s ever been And on the lonely highway Rely on stars to guide me But they just drag me down Gravitation is all around Shooting stars are just a sign That this world is passing by There’s a shit film on my screen This is the best of 2016 It’s not the worst it’s ever been Poison arrow of all time There’s a snake inside my mind Got to leave this medicine behind It’s about time – it’s about time – it’s about time Some kind of love potion No notion of devotion Stepped off a fast train Into a hurricane And strange dance steps No rhythm left No jingles on my tambourine The darkness brings a nightmare dream It’s not the worst it’s ever been Dreams always go wrong They don’t know where they belong Poison arrow of all time There’s a snake inside my mind Got to leave this medicine behind This got to be the last time It’s about time – it’s about time – it’s about time It’s about time – it’s about time – it’s about time It’s about time – it’s about time – it’s about time