Gil Tee

There are people all around the world,
Starving and forgotten,
And apples on the ground, dew-pearled,
Left lying to go rotten.
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They say we're making progress and things are better now
They say we're living longer and we're healthier somehow
They say that life's improving in oh! so many ways
But who can turn the water into wine these days?
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I'm afraid this one is past its sell by date, but if you can think yourself back to Christmas 2008, when I wrote it, you might just be able to appreciate it.


Santa's had to lay off all the elves,
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Karolina, with a K
I thought of you again today
The same old question came to mind
How could they treat you so unkind?
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Most people have a black dog
But some dogs are bigger than others
This one of mine is a monstrous old swine
That goes by the name of Carruthers
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I was late for a date with an angel
I was stuck in a traffic jam
I was late for a date with an angel
I was on my way to see The Lamb
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This has quite a catchy tune. Shame about the lyrics.

Do you remember when there was just us two,
All those years ago when we said 'I do'?
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Spot the Leonard Cohen quote.

I guess you've been lucky in love
And that's more important than most things I know
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The days are far too long for me to fill
And solitude is no protection now
The nights are even longer still somehow
And sleep no longers answers to my will
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Look at all the little sparrows
Learning how to fly
They’ll be airborne for a while
They’ll breed and then they’ll die
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Would you deny me thrice?
Rather than sacrifice
Your image in men's eyes
Would you keep telling lies?
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I've abridged this. Yes, I know - not enough!


Leaving on a northbound bus I caught sight of you
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If it sounds country, man, that's what it is; it's a country song. (Kris Kristofferson)


I'm going to Nashville
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Daddy says he don't believe in God,
But he could have been a Christian, if that doesn't sound too odd.
Daddy says he might have been, but the ones who ain't forgiven him
All seem to be Christians, and he wonders what these Christians mean by love.
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There's a fundamental question that I try not to forget
Formulated long ago, and it still hasn't been answered yet.
Well, it makes me feel humble, it makes me feel sad,
It makes me feel guilty for all the good things that I've had;
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Why do you tarry,
Oh! you Midwives of Death?

I am weary
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She has hair as black as sin
As far as I remember
Her eyes are pools I might drown in
As dark as deep December.
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Girl why don’t you shoot me? ‘Cause I don’t know what to say.
I’m so tongue-tied by your beauty, I’m dumbstruck every day
On account of being near you, and the sight of your bronze thighs,
An inch or three above the knee, reduces me to sighs.
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That old moon keeps shining down
Upon this troubled world;
Generations come and go
And a new flag is unfurled,
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In memory of Steve Norton, the archetypal Mr Nice Guy, whose sudden and unexpected death on 11 May 2009 is a source of much sorrow and sadness amongst those who had the privilege to have known him.


Had a phone call from an old friend with the news last night
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