Wednesday 27 August 2014

Stuart A. Staples - Goodbye to Old Friends

OLD PA'S WEDNESDAY CLUB

THE PRISON
A SINGLE TEAR

 
STUART A. STAPLES -  Goodbye to Old Friends (2006)

THE PRISON

She held my arm tightly
with both her hands
her face was pale
with a hint of pink on her cheeks
a single tear trickled down
she was usually so strong
always in control
i gently pulled away
she released her grip
i turned around
there was no pleasure
in my control
no pleasure at all
i did not look behind

i kept on walking 
there was no magnetic pull
dragging me back
nothing
i was free

free from the prison
 that was her

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27 August 2014 at 13:16

Heavy stuff Old Pa - true story? Beautiful tune.

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27 August 2014 at 15:02

TS - you can't make that up. That was #4 of 4.

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Anonymous
27 August 2014 at 17:08

Powerful. Mr. Staples is also v good.

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28 August 2014 at 11:43

Blimey, so many questions! Very emotive and with Stuarts voice, suitably painful!

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C
30 August 2014 at 18:08

Very thought-provoking, Old Pa!

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20 October 2014 at 13:46

Poor girl....great song, love the horns when they come in. Quite a few poems now, who's going to do the backing?

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21 October 2014 at 14:39

FC - I recon two more which i am working on and enough for an album....provisional Title...Post Inverness Love Songs

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