{poetry fix} birthday celebration lyric mash-up for tom waits + gregg allman + sinead o’connor

This poem is a lyric mash-up I wrote to celebrate the birthdays of

Tom Waits {12-7}, Gregg Allman {12-8} & Sinéad  O’Connor {12-8}.

 

Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy,

Honey, my heart was not born to be tamed. 

I got that old lonesome feelin’ that’s sometimes called the blues . . .  

I go out every night and sleep all day. 

Go step yourself outside and look up at the stars above.  

There’s millions of people to offer advice and say how I should be . . .  

I’m goin’ to the country, baby do you wanna go?  

I’m dancing the seven veils,

want you to pick up my scarf.  

All the other stars seem dim around you,

and I think that I just fell in love with you.

                                                                                   yvonne melania lieblein {12-7-2012}

You can listen to me read the poem here:

 

 

Click on the photos below to experience each song.

 

^1&2 Old Shoes {and Picture Postcards} – Tom Waits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

³ Southbound – Allman Brothers Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

⁴ Nothing Compares 2 U –  Sinéad O’Connor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

⁵ Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More – Allman Brothers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^6&7 The Emperor’s New Clothes –  Sinéad O’Connor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

⁸ Statesboro Blues – Allman Brothers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^9&10 Mandinka –  Sinéad O’Connor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

¹¹ Little Trip to Heaven – Tom Waits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

¹² I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You – Tom Waits