DAVID Mcwilliams VOLUME 2

David McWilliams Volume 3

3 o’Clock Flamingo Street

Empty sound, deserted town
Beneath the silvery feathered down
Of morning's waking breath
Forgotten tunes and silver spoons
Goes to deeply shadowed gloom
And dies a silent death
Junketed peers through plastic ears
Holds his bottle heaven near
And dimly strange to rise
Unreal, can't feel
His dagger dangling band of steel
Through plastic coated eyes
Don't turn away, there ain't no need
It's just 3 o'clock Flamingo Street
Big band show an hour ago
I saw the laughing doorman show the stairway to the crowd
Yellow girls
Hair uncurled
Swaying in a rhythmic world
To the music playing load
Close light, shines bright
Pierces through the yielding night
And hides the shadows deep
Feeling free should be
No time to turn the door to see
Where morning widows weep
Don't turn away, there ain't no need
It's just 3 o'clock Flamingo Street
Pains begun bottle done
No place where a man can run
To shield his shaking brain
Head down round and round
Hold on harder to the ground
Untouched by the rain
Flesh cold, young or old
Who cares if the truth be told
Is only him to blame
Jack and Jill, had their fill
Begin to walk the day
Until it all begins again
Don't turn around there ain't no need
It's just 3 o'clock Flamingo Street

HarlemLady

She walks the dirty streets, and she breaths a breath of Spring
She has bells upon her shoes, and she wears a diamond ring
Everybody passing by, says, look there goes our queen
Ain't she the prettiest thing, that you have ever seen
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady, and she's much too good for me
Money men can't but her, her mind is all her own
She ain't got no ties to bind her, she ain't got no home
If you pass her on the street she'll smile and say hello
But don't you get too close guy, she just don't wanna know
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady, and she's much too good for me
When she speaks the minutes stop, the hours quickly fly
When she loves it feels so good, like I'm flyin' in the sky
But don't you try to reach her, for she's too far out you
And man she gives her love, to nobody of me
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady, and she's much too good for me.

FourSeasons

In the spring of my youth, as my knowledge was a growing
I yearned for the freedom, that age would be a bringin'
Through Summer learned of women, and drinkin' and livin'
And thinkin' that takin' was better than givin'
Now the Autumn is here, and time's falling fast
And I cling to my dreams, like a man who has lost
For I've taken everything, that I could steal
With thoughts in my mind that time cannot heal
Ah, but now it is Winter and my hands have grown cold
And there's no one to talk to, my sins to unfold
No there's no one to talk to, no one to blame
I wish I could go back and start over again

TurnHomeward Stranger

Turn homeward stranger, there's no thing to know
You'll just wind up like me down on sinner's row
Your eyes may be amazed to see the dazzling city lights
But if your shields your eyes a while you'll see far beyond the night
You'll see the flitting shadows dart whose eyes don't see the sun
With hands that cannot hold a match and feet that cannot run
Turn homeward stranger, there's nothing to know
You'll just wind up like me down on sinner's row
You'll see the starring painted eyes smiling down at you
saying that you're home at last, come in and join the queue
But listen what I'm telling you, get out before you find
this place has got into your soul, it's stamped upon your mind
Turn homeward stranger, there's nothing to know
You'll just wind up like me down on sinner's row
For if you shacked to it then you never can be free
For every craving that you've got it'll make you bend to the knee
You may believe you've got a chance that it's you who holds the gun
But it's better first to learn to walk before you start to run

LetterToMyLove

It's strange the way my heartbeat seems to falter

Each time my weary boot heels lead me home

For between us lies a distance time can't alter

I'm afraid when I return that you'll be gone

So darlin' I'm a writing you this letter

As the evening mist is turning blue

If you read it slowly, it will tell you

That though I'm gone, I still remember you

I'm sorry if my leaving made you doubt me

Made you sorry for the things we used to say

And I hope that you remembered when I asked you

And kept your promise while I was away

Yes, darling I'm writing you this letter

As the evening mist is turning blue

If you read it slowly, it will tell you

That though I'm gone, I still remember you

Please tie a long black hair and bright blue ribbon

Keep it high up till the day that I come home

And when my wanderin's finished and I'm with you

Loose it, let it dangle in the morning sun

Darling I've writing you this letter

As the evening mist is turning blue

If you read it slowly, it will tell you

That though I'm gone, I still remember you

CityBlues

Well my head goes around, round and round

As I walked around this lonesome town

Not a friendly face here I can see.

I wonder if there's something wrong with me

The city blues in my head, city blues that's what I said

I've got city blues as you can see

The city blues for me

Oh, when I first came to this old town

They took me in and they showed me around

Everybody listen to what I said

All the foolish things that came outta of my head

The city blues in my head, city blues that's what I said

City blues, as you can see, city blues for me

But then one day

I went on the street

Drank a lotta of wine

Took a woman on my knee

Spent all my money in a poker game

Now nobody wants to know my name

I've got city blues in my head

City blues and that's what I've said

City blues, as you can see, city blues for me

Well since that day I lost all my loot

I've got holes in my pockets and holes in my boots

Ain't got no place to lay my head

Nobody around here will give me a bed

I've got city blues in my head, city blues that's what I said

City blues, as you can see, city blues for me

Well I think I'll go back from where I come

Go back where I come from

This place here has got nothing for me

There's nothing here to hold me that I can see

I've got the city blues in my head

City blues that's what I said

I've got city blues as you can see

City blues for me

Reflections

Hear the raindrops boom, at the window of my room

Watch the strands of life as they unravel

See the shapes of night, slip quietly from side

Beneath the flickering streetlamps quickly travel

Girls sighing, girls crying, my eyes can't see so clear

Girls singing, bell ringing, but I'm just standing here

The image on the wall, isn't really me at all

It's just somebody's strange unknown reflection

Passing through the night, as a sunbeam through the light

Wandering without reason or direction

Girls sighing, girls crying, my eyes can't see so clear

Girls singing, bells ringing, but I'm just standing here

Though it caused me pain and strive I have tried through all my life

To pierce the void between real and illusion

But through all that I have been, and through all that I have seen

I still find I cannot reach a conclusion

Girls sighing, girls crying, my eyes can't see so clear

Girls singing, bells ringing, but I'm just standing here

PovertyStreet

Down on poverty street, names don't mean a thing

The clock doesn't chime, and the bells they don't ring

And the masks some call faces, are withered and black

When you look down this road, it's too late to turn back

Down on poverty street, the days they are long

And you start wondring where and to who you belong

But there's no sense in wondring, cause I think you will find

That by all of the masters, you've been left far behind

I can't move my feet, from the place that they stand

I'm chained to this coffin, by the master's command

So I sit here alone, till my life is complete

Till death comes and takes me from poverty street

AndI’mFree

I've got shoes of leather

And a coat with silver buttons

And I've got the sun and stars

And the grass for me to walk on

Um, um, and I'm free

I've got the silvery dew

Glistening in the morning

I've got ears to hear

And eyes to see the dawning

Um, um, and I'm free

I'll follow the gipsy moon

It must be leading somewhere

Don't know where it's going

Or how long I'll take to get there

Um, um, and I'm free

Yes I'm a free born man

And I have a road to travel

And I walk it while I can

Be it smooth or be it gravel

Um, um, and I'm free

SeptemberWinds

September winds, they blow so cold

See the dancing golden leaves

Dying sadly on the breeze

Remember when the spring was here

Summer didn't stay too long

Now I hear a sadder song

I met a man just yesterday

He did not move or give command

He had a time glass in his hand

AYoungMan’sDream

Last night as I lay sleeping a dream came to me there

I looked upon the dying and no one seemed to care

I heard the politician say the goings getting rough

But if we pull together boys better times are not far off

Yes I saw this dream it came to me while sleeping yester night

And I wished to god that I could wake to see again the morning light

I saw the white robed serpent with his head stuck in the sand

The world in this back pocket but the crowd lies in his hand

And the air was a dyin' the daytime it was dark

And the silence it was heavy and the dogs refused to bark

Yes I saw this dream, it came to me while sleeping yester night

And I wished to god that I could wake to see again the morning light

Then I watched the flooding waters rushing angry across the land

And everyone was sinking for the crowds slipped from his hand

Yes last night as I lay sleeping a dream came to me there

I looked upon dying, and no one seemed to care

Yes I saw this dream, it came to me while sleeping yester night

And I wish to god that I could wake to seen again the morning light

BornToRamble

There's nothing you can say to me my love

That'll make me stay my leaving

Just rest your mind, and forget for a while

That in the morning you'll be grieving

Oh, I've loved you long

And I've loved you true

But I can't love you forever

And when I'm gone in the morning sun

Just remember what we shared together

Oh, I've got to travel as far as country leaves

Before my footsteps stumble

That's not to say I didn't love you true

It's just that I was born to ramble

I wouldn't trade my memory of you

Even now I'm going

For all the gold in the morning sun

Or the diamonds from the ocean

But just because I've loved you this way

Well it ain't no cause for dreaming

Cause I'm not staying longer than the morn

And I hope that's not how its seeming

For I've got to travel as far as country leaves

Before my footsteps stumble

That's not to say I didn't love you true

It's just that I was born to ramble

Oh, I've love you long

And I've loved you true

But you're not the only lady

There's another one waitin' in another town

And that's why I'm not staying

No there's nothin' you can say to me my love

That'll make stay my leaving

Just rest your mind, and forget for a while

That in the morning you'll be grieving

Yes, I've got to travel as far as country leaves

Before my footsteps stumble

That's not to say I didn't love you true

It's just that I was born to ramble