Tuesday, March 5, 2013

JOHN


JOHN ©2013 Jay Schiffres

IMAGINE THERES NO DEATH
JUST A SWIRLING GALAXY
LOVE… YOUR LEGACY
IT CAN BE YOU KNOW
WE CAN MAKE IT SO

JOHN, JOHN, JOHN
YOUR GONE
BUT REALLY GONE?

JOHN
YOU STARTED OUR THINKING
SWINGING
YOU WERENT THE PERFECT ONE
BUT YOU HAD A BIT OF CLASS
A BIT OF LOVE AND YES
A BIT OF HEROIN

BUT YOU WONDERED
ABOUT SO MANY THINGS
MANY MYSTERIES
YOU SET SO MANY THINKING

YOU MADE LOVE
ON THE COVER OF MAGAZINES
WE TIP OUR LOVE TO YOU
LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY

YOU WERE A BOY
AND ALWAYS WILL BE
FROZEN IN TIME MATE
WITH THAT SLY OLD SMILE
YOU DIDN’T WASTE AWAY OR TRY TO ESCAPE

JOHN JOHN
YOU DIED TO SOON
BUT NOW THERES ROOM
FOR ANOTHER ONE
WHO COMES SINGING LIKE A
DRUNKEN TROUBADOUR
INTO OUR HEARTS

WITH A LOVE LIKE THAT
YOU KNOW IT CAN’T BE BAD


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