In the shining sky Rippling calm sea Dark cloudy skies The wild wind does rise The Lion of the sea comes alive Wide eyed

Bringing the make believe house down Moving the sofa out As the paper wall falls down As I look around I am split in two

How I wish I could hold onto the past No longer tangible How I wish I could hold onto you I still remember how you felt I still remember

I was invited to this most fabulous place Mr Bluebird thought my poetry had some humour and grace He took me under his experienced wing

Just ordinary paper people Paper people each with their very own story to tell It may never reach the print of the major newspapers

The enchanted fairy has great moves She is the most sophisticated fairy Wearing her stylish one-off trunk tail dress

An uncontrollable spillage of sweets Escaping the red and white paper bag The paper bag crunched and badly creased

Flying in a tin bath with wooden wings A flying aeroplane Held up by macramé ropes Tied up in strong sailing knot’s Holding everything up

Purple Palm Tree Boulevard Dark silhouette palm trees Reflecting in streamlined rippling water Purple mountains

At night it’s hard to sleep The demons circle Awake Asleep The demons find me They circle

We all live on borrowed time We live life to the full Life is just so beautiful

The monkey orchestra does play They practice each day Such an array of instruments they play Trumpet, flute and guitar

The magical spells open book Where fountain waters flow The luscious green grass and beautiful tree grows The fairy that owns this book

I am stuck in sand Sinking fast Will no one give me a hand I’ve nothing to hold I stand alone I am sinking Each time I move The deeper

I can no longer hear the music on the radio For me music is deafening note’s For with each chord, my pain intensifies This is the truth

Cocooned in this mad, mad world Indecisive decisions now rapidly unfurled People continually swapping side’s Contortionists we have all b

Fast asleep in my bed I awake on a sun lounger near the extra large swimming pool I look across the wide street

London calling London calling Do you hear me? A long time no see What have I missed? I’ve missed the Queen outside Buckingham Palace

Dorothy! Dorothy! Dorothy! You have the most amazing brolly It is truly magical Dorothy you can change the winds of time

The winds of change Another year gained Nearly another decade gone I remember Who I once was Someone totally different Every year on