The Bargain

You must listen closely now
For I've a deal to make
I will love you all my life
And all others forsake

In return I ask for naught
No, not even your love
For that you've given already
Could fill the skies above

But, if you persist
And if you love me still
And if you give me all your love
As I hope you will

Our love will fill the heavens
And every eye shall see
The brightest stars in all the sky
Pale beside you and me

Hanging By A Thread

Take a little spool of thread

And make yourself a noose

Wind the knot 'round thirteen times

Make sure it won't come loose

Put the noose around your neck

And climb upon the chair

First, make sure the door is locked

And no one else is there

Fix the thread to the roof somehow

Rafter or pipe will do

If you find that that won't work

Just use tape or glue

Now kick the chair and you will fall

The thread, you see, will snap

And you'll get up and brush yourself

And go and take a nap

A cautionary note I must

Add to my little song

You won't, I hope, use a rope

That would be all wrong

And don't use a fishing line

Or even high tensile thread

The rope, you know, would make you choke

The others might lop off your head

Love Song Over the Cuckoo's Nest

My baloney has a first name
But we won't get into that
My girlfriend has a better name
And her brother's name is Pat

She says she loves me all day long
And I know that it's true
She says it on the tv screen
She's always wearing blue

I've never met her all my life
But I have always known
She'll come see me tomorrow night
In my white room all alone

The City Dreams

The city dreams in fitful sleep
Of the wild it used to be
Of trees so tall and forests deep
And lilacs on the lea

The forest lies awake at night
Anxious for the day
When men will come upon the sight
And build a city gay