Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
SAD TIMES
SAD TIMES
AS I SIT I WONDER WHY,
ITS TIMES LIKE THIS I WANT TO CRY.
A WORLD THATS FILLED WITH BADNESS
AND ALL I FEEL IS SADNESS.
ONE DAY ONE SO FULL OF LIFE
THE NEXT WE KNOW IS FULL OF STRIFE
ONCE A FLOWER IN FULL BLOOM
NOW HAS FADED TO ONLY GLOOM
OH I YEARN FOR YESTER YEAR
FOR TIMES WHEN LIFE SEEMED MUCH MORE CLEAR
WHEN WE ONLY DREAMT OF MODERN TIMES
BUT KNEW THEN NOTHING OF ITS CRIMES
WHEN LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM US
ITS ONLY THEN WE MAKE A FUSS
ALL WE HAVE IN LIFE TODAY
IS NOTHING WHEN WE ARE IN THE CLAY
AS I SIT I WONDER WHY
HOW OUR LIVES MAKE ME SIGH
MAYBE SOON WE'LL UNDERSTAND
THAT LIFE ITSELF IS ALL THATS GRAND.
GWEN LANGFORD
FRI 16TH MAY '03
AS I SIT I WONDER WHY,
ITS TIMES LIKE THIS I WANT TO CRY.
A WORLD THATS FILLED WITH BADNESS
AND ALL I FEEL IS SADNESS.
ONE DAY ONE SO FULL OF LIFE
THE NEXT WE KNOW IS FULL OF STRIFE
ONCE A FLOWER IN FULL BLOOM
NOW HAS FADED TO ONLY GLOOM
OH I YEARN FOR YESTER YEAR
FOR TIMES WHEN LIFE SEEMED MUCH MORE CLEAR
WHEN WE ONLY DREAMT OF MODERN TIMES
BUT KNEW THEN NOTHING OF ITS CRIMES
WHEN LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM US
ITS ONLY THEN WE MAKE A FUSS
ALL WE HAVE IN LIFE TODAY
IS NOTHING WHEN WE ARE IN THE CLAY
AS I SIT I WONDER WHY
HOW OUR LIVES MAKE ME SIGH
MAYBE SOON WE'LL UNDERSTAND
THAT LIFE ITSELF IS ALL THATS GRAND.
GWEN LANGFORD
FRI 16TH MAY '03