Sunday, 5 November 2006

"Bonfire Night"

Hastily yet effectively written, "Bonfire Night" would have been the lead single had my 2006 solo album ever come into fruition; definitely the catchiest of my early 'automatic writing' pieces.


BONFIRE NIGHT
Bonfire night,
Oh what a fright
Fireworks and such
Making lots of noise
Don’t try to fight
The deep-down inner fright
Otherwise it might bite
And cause an even bigger fright!

Another bang, another bang, a rush of blood to the head
Makes me laugh, makes me cry, a flow of blood through the veins
Should I look? Should I look? Oh! I just looked it really wasn’t nice
Then again, the fire and flames, running around the place…
…Makes me think

Bonfire night
Oh, what delight!
Bonfire night
To hear the children sing!
They sing about things
That me feel good
Like Guy Fawkes who tried to kill
All the British parliamentarians back in the day!

Bonfire night,
Catching the winter flight
Darkness from here
For it is the end of the year
Bonfire night,
Oh what a sight
Parkin’ and toffee up to your ears
Eat away your darkest fears

Months go by and months go by and then it turns into November
Makes me laugh, makes me cry, this year I can hardly remember
Sit by the window – look at the fireworks
Makes me think of China and the middle east where they were probably made!
…I’m guessing

Bonfire night
Oh, what delight!
Carting around my Guy
To get lots of money
Going up to my neighbours home
Makes me feel real good
Unless of course they have no spare change
But then I will just vandalise their house

Bonfire night
Oh, what delight!
Bonfire night
The air: what a sight!
Bonfire night
Oh, what delight!
Bonfire night
Get drunk and have a fight!
Bonfire night
Oh, what delight!
Bonfire night
Happiest day of the year

The Scot’s sing about things
That me feel real good
We laugh about old Guy
And all the British parliamentarians he nearly killed back in the day!