Monday, 2 January 2012

January ditties

A selection of untitled ditties written during the Kissing Sally sessions. Some may yet be used, one has been released in shape of "Maggie's Ditty".

I crave order, you dig chaos
You hate writers, I hate players
Live by night - ruined by day
You worship the Sun - it's overrated

Some sing Hope - some see Monet
Some just hear And imagine life's glory
They fear change - we fear fear
Something about the Moon - that's underrated!

What the fuck - it's the twenty-first century
Got nowhere to go
Let's stop fighting cos' now's the time to
Make the World a home

What the fuck - it's the twenty-first century
And everyone's on the dole
Let's burn down banks and refuse to work
A cleansing of the soul

What the fuck - it's the twenty-first century
And Thatcher's still not dead?
Let's open our eyes and agree to spend
The rest of our lives in bed

Cows and wizards and much the like
It's hard to think we once were young
Shreve, Shreve, Shrevy-Shreve-Shreve
Let the Battle-Cry be sung!

Angels and hotels, hearts and stars
What does it mean to be young?
Hope and Monet, news of the world
Look how far we've come

Angels, hotels, hearts and stars
The ill-fitting start out young
Hope and Monet, news of the world
Our journey's just begun