WORDS WITH AND WITHOUT TUNES An inadvertent side effect of writing words that might become a song  are words that never do Both kinds are in a small book entitled  LOOKING OUTWARDS AFTER LOOKING IN It can be purchased from Amazon  To go there click on the image of the cover below Some comments about the book on Amazon   'Most of these interesting and very accessible poems seem to move to the rhythm of their own music. The author speaks of an attempt to write a good song and would appear to have succeeded many times over with this collection [of words] frequently about the joys and heartache of love, but also crammed with moving,quirky, humorous comments, and unexpected juxtapositions and imagery'

WORDS IN WAITING As the old song tracks have been getting sorted  a selection of new words has been accumulating and these are now ready and waiting for attention Mentioned elsewhere on the site the words below are an example I've got a song for k.d.lang Who can sing much better Than I can But how to get it through To where she's at Is like trying to fit an artist with A Leonard Cohen hat On a night when the world Feels far too cold And an artist fears They could lose their soul On the subject of souls And on the subject of songs Some songs have one And some have none Some songs can spread out from a singer's core And even bring solace to the listener's shore Some songs can make you just want to close your eyes And sigh until the fire of life has come alive - again