Today's post

'Great title, boss!'

Thanks, Voice! I really appreciate that.

'I was being sarcastic.'

Whatever.

Anyway ...

My demo? I've made a recording of This Love which might be all right. I mean, it sounds good when I listen to it on my Zoom Handy Recorder with earphones, BUT(!) ... it's got to sound good on laptop and phone speakers and earphones, too. Do you know what I mean, kooks?

Never mind.

I've still got to record decent versions of Mighty Soul and Shady, Dodgy, Shifty, and then I'll see what they sound like on other devices.

It's no good using The Future because the guitar sound has got to be light with the vocals dominating. Otherwise, I get a muddy sound on the recordings. 'Go to a recording studio, boss!' Yeah, yeah. I might have to. But that will be my final desperate option, man.

I don't want people watching me, and I want to take my time.

Anyway ...

There's a lot of lyrical repetition in This Love which is okay. You have to judge these things carefully though. When to repeat, when not to. / A lot of Dylan songs don't work when they're recorded as pop songs unless the artists drop most of the lyrics. Think of Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds.

Anyway ...

Putting This Love in third place on my BIG DOZEN list might give people the impression it's better than Life and Death in fifth place, BUT(!) ... it's hard to say, you dig?

It's just my taste at the moment. What I think is best. Years ago I might have put Life and Death at the top. / It doesn't matter too much, and I don't think about "world-beaters" any more. It's the BIG TEN or the BIG DOZEN or the BIG TWENTY that matters.

There's safety in numbers. My best songs are part of a gang, if you like.

'I like!'

Yeah, yeah.

Oh! Do you think this sound quality is good enough for a demo??? Of course, Ed Sheeran isn't making a demo here ... he's just mucking about at home. But that's what I'm doing.

Forget about perfection. I think there are two important things: Firstly, the listener has got to be able to get a sense of how good the song is. The recording can't be a mess. Secondly, the vocal has got to be really nice to encourage people to keep listening. I can't sing like Sheeran, but people who used to know me will be surprised at how close I am to these "smooth" singers now.

Anyway ...

Laters!

'Bye, kooks!'

[No. 1,060] What can you rely on?

The cosmos.

And, hello![1], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[1], and, hello![2], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![1], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[2], and ... it really is you[1], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![2], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[1], and ... it really is you[2], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![1], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[2], and, Jesus ... ... ...[1], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![2], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[1], and, Jesus ... ... ...[2], and ... 'They must do!'[1], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[2], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![1], and ... 'They must do!'[2], and, anyway ...[1], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![2], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[1], and, anyway ...[2], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[1], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[2], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[1], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[2], and ... 'They can't!'[1], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[2], and ... ... ... Just look at us![1], and ... 'They can't!'[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![1], and ... ... ... Just look at us![2], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![2], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[1], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![2], and ... yes![1], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[2], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![1], and ... yes![2], and ... 'Damn straight!'[1], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![2], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[1], and ... 'Damn straight!'[2], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[1], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[2], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[1], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[2], and they can't touch you if you don't care[1], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[2], and ... 'Be aloof!'[1], and they can't touch you if you don't care[2], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[1], and ... 'Be aloof!'[2], and you just wouldn't, would you?[1], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[2], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[1], and you just wouldn't, would you?[2], and ... 'We're ready!'[1], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[2], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[1], and ... 'We're ready!'[2], and ... stay hard![1], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[2], and, hello![3], and ... stay hard![2], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[3], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![3], and ... it really is you[3], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[3], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![3], and, Jesus ... ... ...[3], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[3], and ... 'They must do!'[3], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![3], and, anyway ...[3], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[3], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[3], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[3], and ... 'They can't!'[3], and ... ... ... Just look at us![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![3], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![3], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[3], and ... yes![3], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[3], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[3], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[3], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[3], and they can't touch you if you don't care[3], and ... 'Be aloof!'[3], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[3], and you just wouldn't, would you?[3], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[3], and ... 'We're ready!'[3], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[3], and ... stay hard![3], and

And, hello![1], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[1], and, hello![2], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![1], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[2], and ... it really is you[1], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![2], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[1], and ... it really is you[2], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![1], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[2], and, Jesus ... ... ...[1], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![2], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[1], and, Jesus ... ... ...[2], and ... 'They must do!'[1], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[2], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![1], and ... 'They must do!'[2], and, anyway ...[1], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![2], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[1], and, anyway ...[2], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[1], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[2], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[1], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[2], and ... 'They can't!'[1], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[2], and ... ... ... Just look at us![1], and ... 'They can't!'[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![1], and ... ... ... Just look at us![2], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![2], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[1], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![2], and ... yes![1], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[2], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![1], and ... yes![2], and ... 'Damn straight!'[1], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![2], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[1], and ... 'Damn straight!'[2], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[1], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[2], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[1], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[2], and they can't touch you if you don't care[1], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[2], and ... 'Be aloof!'[1], and they can't touch you if you don't care[2], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[1], and ... 'Be aloof!'[2], and you just wouldn't, would you?[1], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[2], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[1], and you just wouldn't, would you?[2], and ... 'We're ready!'[1], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[2], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[1], and ... 'We're ready!'[2], and ... stay hard![1], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[2], and, hello![3], and ... stay hard![2], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[3], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![3], and ... it really is you[3], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[3], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![3], and, Jesus ... ... ...[3], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[3], and ... 'They must do!'[3], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![3], and, anyway ...[3], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[3], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[3], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[3], and ... 'They can't!'[3], and ... ... ... Just look at us![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![3], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![3], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[3], and ... yes![3], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[3], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[3], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[3], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[3], and they can't touch you if you don't care[3], and ... 'Be aloof!'[3], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[3], and you just wouldn't, would you?[3], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[3], and ... 'We're ready!'[3], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[3], and ... stay hard![3], and

And, hello![1], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[1], and, hello![2], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![1], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[2], and ... it really is you[1], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![2], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[1], and ... it really is you[2], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![1], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[2], and, Jesus ... ... ...[1], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![2], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[1], and, Jesus ... ... ...[2], and ... 'They must do!'[1], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[2], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![1], and ... 'They must do!'[2], and, anyway ...[1], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![2], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[1], and, anyway ...[2], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[1], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[2], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[1], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[2], and ... 'They can't!'[1], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[2], and ... ... ... Just look at us![1], and ... 'They can't!'[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![1], and ... ... ... Just look at us![2], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![2], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[1], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![2], and ... yes![1], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[2], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![1], and ... yes![2], and ... 'Damn straight!'[1], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![2], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[1], and ... 'Damn straight!'[2], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[1], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[2], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[1], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[2], and they can't touch you if you don't care[1], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[2], and ... 'Be aloof!'[1], and they can't touch you if you don't care[2], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[1], and ... 'Be aloof!'[2], and you just wouldn't, would you?[1], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[2], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[1], and you just wouldn't, would you?[2], and ... 'We're ready!'[1], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[2], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[1], and ... 'We're ready!'[2], and ... stay hard![1], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[2], and, hello![3], and ... stay hard![2], and it's you, you, you ... I suppose[3], and, I'll say it again ... Uh, hello ... Yes, hello - !!![3], and ... it really is you[3], and ... 'Do they know, Mikey???'[3], and my lovely kook(s) ... there is nothing in the cold world for you ... Oh, there's nothing there that can save you![3], and, Jesus ... ... ...[3], and, Voice ... they must know that I'm referring to them[3], and ... 'They must do!'[3], and I don't talk to squares these days ... in these moments ... / ... and, I mean ... what's the bloody point?![3], and, anyway ...[3], and, do you, you, you ... ever get the feeling ... that the people around you ... are mere scarecrows?[3], and not a-ROUND you, obviously ...[3], and ... How can they help you, these "people" ... ???[3], and ... 'They can't!'[3], and ... ... ... Just look at us![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and ... do they even know about it? No![3], and space and time? ... ... ... We don't care![3], and if you fall ... in your soul ... do you? ... I can tell you ... the cosmos is there to catch you like ...[3], and ... yes![3], and, and, and,,, ... ... ... Like a soft pile of feathers![3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[3], and I hope you've learnt by now ... that you must never ever mind and never ever soul[3], and ... 'All the time, kooks!'[3], and all the time, all the time, all the time ... all of it, kook(s)! / ... and, do you understand???[3], and they can't touch you if you don't care[3], and ... 'Be aloof!'[3], and their world is rotten to the core ... as well as being cold ... why would you bother with it?[3], and you just wouldn't, would you?[3], and, so ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is all we got, man ... until the cosmos comes to collect us[3], and ... 'We're ready!'[3], and there's nothing else to say, but, but, but[3], and ... stay hard![3], and

A look ahead to investing in 2023

Oh, do we have to?!

'Boss, this is a PR email from the 8th of December!'

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. I've been putting it off, Voice. I don't actually want to look ahead at investing next year. I mean ...

Anyway ...

For immediate release, 8th December 2022.

Ha! Dream on!

Charlie Huggins, Head of Equities at Wealth Club, the online wealth manager shares his views on how investors might navigate the economic uncertainty and inflationary pressures that lie ahead in 2023.

Charlie, mate, come on ... I mean, really? Haven't you got anything else to talk about???

It's widely expected that the global economy will weaken in 2023, and an extra dollop of doom and gloom has been pencilled in for the UK economy.

It's not difficult to see why. High inflation and rising interest rates act as a handbrake on businesses and consumer spending. However, most experts agree that the stock market has already factored in this prevailing sentiment.

Obviously not.

'Was that him?'

Who?

'Charlie. Our Charlie.'

I don't know. I presume it was. But I don't know.

The key thing to bear in mind is that the economy and stock market aren't the same thing. In 2022, the economy has held up rather well, whereas stock markets have struggled. Be very wary of basing investment decisions on economic headlines.

Right.

The era of free money is over.

Oh, okay.

Very cheap borrowing costs meant companies and investors were awash with spare cash, while the lack of return on cash and bonds, forced investors to look elsewhere for returns. That created all sorts of excesses, with soaring prices for bitcoin, meme stocks and loss-making tech shares.

Yeah.

Rising interest rates mean debt is becoming more costly. With full employment and a global economy still chugging along, that hasn't been too much of a problem for most. However, should we go into a deep recession, companies with over-stretched balance sheets could find themselves in real trouble.

Listen, Charlie -

'Boss, you've been missing bits.'

I know, I know.

I'm just not in the mood. I've got bigger problems to deal with than investments. 'You don't have any investments.' Exactly! I'm just ...

I've been impressed this year with the way many companies have passed on price increases, in response to rising costs, without seeing too much disruption. But I think things may become harder.

Okay, Charlie, that's enough now.

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

'Thanks, Charlie!'

Yeah, yeah.

...

Anything else? Music?

I need to get my demo online next month. I need to get the sound right. I think I've found a good position for the Zoom H5 Handy Recorder. I'll try recording again at the weekend, er ... starting Friday. I'm just going to rehearse until then. And I might try recording early in the morning about six, and late at night about eleven. 'What will the neighbours say, Mikey?!' I have no idea, Voice. No idea at all.

They like noise. Let them have some of mine!

Do you know what I mean, kooks?

Anyway ...

Mighty Soul

Shady, Dodgy, Shifty

This Love

Those three songs are more or less on the same level. 'What about Life and Death and Nothing ... ?' I don't know, man. Different sort of songs, aren't they? And I may need to add them to the demo later on. It all depends on what happens.

But those three are giving me a little bit of hope. Just a little bit.

You dig?

Laters.

No!

Listen! My BIG DOZEN is just as good as The Beatles BIG DOZEN.

That makes me the greatest songwriter in the world as far as I'm concerned.

But I could be dead soon because I can't record them properly.

Think about that.

And remember what I said.

[No. 1,059] If you speak ...

No one will listen.

And if you die ... no one will care[1], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![1], and if you die ... no one will care[2], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[1], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![2], and ... Does it matter???[1], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[2], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[1], and ... Does it matter???[2], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[1], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[2], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[1], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[2], and I don't know[1], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[2], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[1], and I don't know[2], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[1], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[2], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[1], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[2], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[1], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[2], and, anyway ...[1], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[2], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[1], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[2], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[1], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[2], and ... 'They speak to you???'[1], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[2], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[1], and ... 'They speak to you???'[2], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[1], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[2], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[1], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[2], and ... death, obviously[1], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[2], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[1], and ... death, obviously[2], and, well, well ...[1], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[2], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[1], and, well, well ...[2], and, oh, I hope so[1], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[2], and, I mean ...[1], and, oh, I hope so[2], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![1], and, I mean ...[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![2], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[1], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[1], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[2], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[2], and ... 'Damn straight!'[1], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[2], and if you die ... no one will care[3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[2], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![3], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[3], and ... Does it matter???[3], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[3], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[3], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[3], and I don't know[3], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[3], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[3], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[3], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[3], and, anyway ...[3], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[3], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[3], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[3], and ... 'They speak to you???'[3], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[3], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[3], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[3], and ... death, obviously[3], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[3], and, well, well ...[3], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[3], and, oh, I hope so[3], and, I mean ...[3], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[3], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[3], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[3], and

And if you die ... no one will care[1], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![1], and if you die ... no one will care[2], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[1], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![2], and ... Does it matter???[1], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[2], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[1], and ... Does it matter???[2], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[1], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[2], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[1], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[2], and I don't know[1], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[2], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[1], and I don't know[2], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[1], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[2], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[1], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[2], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[1], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[2], and, anyway ...[1], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[2], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[1], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[2], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[1], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[2], and ... 'They speak to you???'[1], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[2], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[1], and ... 'They speak to you???'[2], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[1], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[2], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[1], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[2], and ... death, obviously[1], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[2], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[1], and ... death, obviously[2], and, well, well ...[1], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[2], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[1], and, well, well ...[2], and, oh, I hope so[1], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[2], and, I mean ...[1], and, oh, I hope so[2], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![1], and, I mean ...[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![2], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[1], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[1], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[2], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[2], and ... 'Damn straight!'[1], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[2], and if you die ... no one will care[3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[2], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![3], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[3], and ... Does it matter???[3], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[3], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[3], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[3], and I don't know[3], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[3], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[3], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[3], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[3], and, anyway ...[3], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[3], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[3], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[3], and ... 'They speak to you???'[3], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[3], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[3], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[3], and ... death, obviously[3], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[3], and, well, well ...[3], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[3], and, oh, I hope so[3], and, I mean ...[3], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[3], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[3], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[3], and

And if you die ... no one will care[1], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![1], and if you die ... no one will care[2], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[1], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![2], and ... Does it matter???[1], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[2], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[1], and ... Does it matter???[2], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[1], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[2], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[1], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[2], and I don't know[1], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[2], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[1], and I don't know[2], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[1], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[2], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[1], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[2], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[1], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[2], and, anyway ...[1], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[2], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[1], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[2], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[1], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[2], and ... 'They speak to you???'[1], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[2], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[1], and ... 'They speak to you???'[2], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[1], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[2], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[1], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[2], and ... death, obviously[1], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[2], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[1], and ... death, obviously[2], and, well, well ...[1], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[2], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[1], and, well, well ...[2], and, oh, I hope so[1], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[2], and, I mean ...[1], and, oh, I hope so[2], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![1], and, I mean ...[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![2], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[1], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[1], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[2], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[2], and ... 'Damn straight!'[1], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[2], and if you die ... no one will care[3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[2], and, so ... take your words, my kooks ... and any thoughts and feelings ... and throw them into the cosmos![3], and maybe you will get a result ... and maybe you won't[3], and ... Does it matter???[3], and I suppose everything depends on the way you feel ... you know?[3], and, me??? ... I've got more feelings than I need[3], and I'm looking at YOU(!) ... perhaps a desperate kook on the edges of life ... or a smug square full of crap[3], and I don't know[3], and I don't know what to say ... but, but, but ...[3], and ... 'You will say it, Mikey!'[3], and I could say ... uh, I will say: ... "Do you feel at all?" ... and don't think I'm judging you, man[3], and only the cosmos judges - when it can be bothered, like[3], and, anyway ...[3], and speaking only for myself ... which is the best way ... I have to say ... I'm looking for an even tighter connection ...[3], and, yeah, yeah ... with the cosmos, obviously[3], and I'll tell you, you, YOU(!) what ... the sea, and the beach, and the rocks ... make a hell of a lot of sense to me[3], and ... 'They speak to you???'[3], and, yes, yes ... they speak to me ... and laugh, too ... but not at me ... because they've got respect[3], and ... 'I bet they laugh at the others, the squares'[3], and, of course ... they laugh at the squares ... they laugh because the squares are clueless about life[3], and ... death, obviously[3], and here I am ... still spinning, still using words ... talk about brave! ... yes, I'm brave[3], and, well, well ...[3], and do you, you, you ... know ... what I mean?[3], and, oh, I hope so[3], and, I mean ...[3], and, you!!! ... look at yourself - now![3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and if you can bear to ... ... ...[3], and when you're done looking at yourself ... take a look at me[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[3], and you ain't seen no master of reality like this before[3], and ... 'Damn straight!'[3], and

Poetry battle

I had a wild dream on Christmas Day morning, kooks, and I'm here now to tell you all about it ...

Well, I dreamt I was on a beach with Seamus Heaney and W.B. Yeats. They were having a poetry battle a bit like the rap battle in 8 Mile, and I was the Mekhi Phifer character, I suppose.

Anyway, Heaney didn't get a chance to say one word, but he was being destroyed by Yeats who was coming out with this amazing poem. Heaney was being destroyed so badly that he was actually smiling about it because Yeats was on fire, man!

Now, this poem. It went on for about five minutes, and Yeats was going fast, too. So, it was a big poem, and ... it was awesome! Like A Prayer For My Daughter or even better than that, and ...

I can't remember one word of it. Alas.

So, what was the meaning of this dream?

Well, I see three meanings.

Firstly, the dream was telling me that there's more than music and mathematics available in the cosmos. You can probably get anything and everything you want.

Secondly, this is proof of a spiritual power beyond our material world of flesh and bones. My subconscious may or may not be able to compose tunes while I'm sleeping, but it certainly can't write great poems like this. It just can't.

The poem was either written by Yeats himself in the afterlife, or it was written by a spiritual being posing as Yeats in my dream.

But it wasn't me or my subconscious. I can't write like that.

Thirdly, in the film 8 Mile, Eminem was in a bad situation and struggling to get his demo recorded.

...

Anything else? Music? My demo?

Man, I'm having trouble recording it, and this is an emergency.

'Just do it, Mikey, FFS!'

I'm trying, Voice! I can't get the sound right. But I'll keep trying, obviously.

The good news is ... I've finished This Love. 'Yippee!' That gives me eighteen songs. And my BIG DOZEN -

Mighty Soul

Shady, Dodgy, Shifty

This Love

The Future

Life and Death

Nothing

This World Don't Mean a Thing

Lovers On The Make

Stella

Malibu

What's This Life We Live?

And Rain Came Down

And this will be the demo -

Mighty Soul

Shady, Dodgy, Shifty

This Love

Hopefully. I mean ...

Do you know what I mean, kooks?

Laters.

'Bye!'

Nothing to say

Hello, readers, I've got nothing to say, but that's okay.

It's just words ... at the end of the day.

And ... I just don't know, you know?

'They know!'

I know. Well ... the best of them will know.

And I certainly know.

Anyway ...

I need more words. Don't ask me why. You might as well ask why the sky is blue ... or grey.

Anyway ...

This is good, isn't it?

'Not really, Mikey. Say something!'

I am saying something, Voice. I'm saying lots of things ... one after the other.

I got lots of words!

'Be quiet then.'

What, like this?

...

...

...

...

...

...

'Say something!'

You see? You hate the silence, too.

'It was awful.'

I know it was. Truly awful.

Why don't you say something, Voice?

'I am saying something.'

Okay. Fair enough.

...

...

...

...

...

...

'I was -'

Anyway ...

What?

'Never mind.'

Never soul.

'Never mind or soul. Who cares?'

Exactly!

No one cares.

It doesn't matter.

Anyway ...

Soon, we will say goodbye or laters.

'Bye!'

Not yet, idiot!

'Sorry.'

We haven't finished yet.

Soon ... we will say bye or laters.

'I can't wait!'

Are you excited, Voice?

'No.'

Well, that's understandable, I suppose.

Never mind.

Anyway ...

'Say it, boss! Say it now!'

Okay ...

Laters!

'Thank God!'

Now you.

'Bye!'

Those recordings???

Yeah, "recordings" might be a better word than "versions" because they all sound the same.

I suppose it doesn't matter.

Anyway, I've scrapped all those recordings except for one version of The Future - which I will use unless I get a better one.

I didn't even listen to all of them. The Zoom Handy Recorder H5 thing was in the wrong position. The guitar is too loud. I don't think I'll get a nice recording like Redemption Song unless I go to a recording studio.

'Do that then, boss.'

No, I don't want to, Voice. Not yet anyway. Time is money at recording studios, and, actually ... I have to be very careful with my time and my money at the moment.

Some good news though ... I've nearly finished the lyric for This Love. I'm probably going to need that song, seeing as it's so commercial, like.

It's funny listening to my comments after the recordings. At the end of The Future, I say, "Fucking hell!" Because it was a good version. I'll edit that out, obviously. And I don't know what position the recorder was in then, but it sounds okay. Last night, I was jumping all over the room trying to get the best sound.

I hope this post makes sense, dear reader(s). I'm too agitated to polish it today. Well, polish much.

This is just words, my thoughts, you dig? 'And your feelings, Mikey!' Yes, we shouldn't forget my feelings. I feel messed up.

Never soul, eh?

Life goes on, apparently.

If I record This Love, I'll have to sing from the lyric sheet. I haven't got time to learn all the words.

This would be the best demo -

Mighty Soul

Shady, Dodgy, Shifty

The Future

This Love

My voice is going a bit, actually. 'What?! I ain't going nowhere, son.' Ha! Not you. I know you'll be with me until the end, Voice. 'I'll be with you beyond the end. Believe it!' Oh, I do.

My singing voice, man.

If the the worst comes to the worst, I've still got this blog. Maybe some sort of legacy. I'd like to find a better place in the cosmos.

I've got to get my consciousness right.

I've got to record those songs!!!

I might use the Audacity software to crank the volume up on The Future. It should be played at maximum volume.

I'm glad the Voice is here. He's real to me, after all these years. 'I should hope so. Billions of years!'

Ha, ha, ha! Billions of years? What an ego!

As much as I love the conceptuals, a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... they're not going to save me.

I need my songs.

I must keep going.

All right???

Laters.

'Bye!'

[No. 1,058] My songs keep me alive

That's the truth.

And I'm telling you[1], and, do you believe, kook?[1], and I'm telling you[2], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[1], and, do you believe, kook?[2], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[1], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[2], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[1], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[2], and ... ... ... ???[1], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[2], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[1], and ... ... ... ???[2], and where am I, with my music, like?[1], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[2], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[1], and where am I, with my music, like?[2], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![1], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[2], and, well ...[1], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![2], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[1], and, well ...[2], and, anyway ...[1], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[2], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, uh, Christ[1], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![1], and, uh, Christ[2], and, well ... maybe[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[1], and, well ... maybe[2], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[2], and in our free world[1], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[2], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[1], and in our free world[2], and,,, let's face facts ...[1], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[2], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[1], and,,, let's face facts ...[2], and, yeah, yeah[1], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[2], and I mean ...[1], and, yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[1], and I mean ...[2], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[1], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[2], and I don't know[1], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[2], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[1], and I don't know[2], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[1], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[2], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[1], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[2], and I wish I knew[1], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[2], and I'm telling you[3], and I wish I knew[2], and, do you believe, kook?[3], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[3], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[3], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[3], and ... ... ... ???[3], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[3], and where am I, with my music, like?[3], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[3], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![3], and, well ...[3], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[3], and, anyway ...[3], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[3], and, uh, Christ[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![3], and, well ... maybe[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[3], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[3], and in our free world[3], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[3], and,,, let's face facts ...[3], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[3], and, yeah, yeah[3], and I mean ...[3], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[3], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[3], and I don't know[3], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[3], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[3], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[3], and I wish I knew[3], and

And I'm telling you[1], and, do you believe, kook?[1], and I'm telling you[2], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[1], and, do you believe, kook?[2], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[1], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[2], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[1], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[2], and ... ... ... ???[1], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[2], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[1], and ... ... ... ???[2], and where am I, with my music, like?[1], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[2], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[1], and where am I, with my music, like?[2], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![1], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[2], and, well ...[1], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![2], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[1], and, well ...[2], and, anyway ...[1], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[2], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, uh, Christ[1], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![1], and, uh, Christ[2], and, well ... maybe[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[1], and, well ... maybe[2], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[2], and in our free world[1], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[2], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[1], and in our free world[2], and,,, let's face facts ...[1], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[2], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[1], and,,, let's face facts ...[2], and, yeah, yeah[1], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[2], and I mean ...[1], and, yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[1], and I mean ...[2], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[1], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[2], and I don't know[1], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[2], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[1], and I don't know[2], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[1], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[2], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[1], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[2], and I wish I knew[1], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[2], and I'm telling you[3], and I wish I knew[2], and, do you believe, kook?[3], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[3], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[3], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[3], and ... ... ... ???[3], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[3], and where am I, with my music, like?[3], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[3], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![3], and, well ...[3], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[3], and, anyway ...[3], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[3], and, uh, Christ[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![3], and, well ... maybe[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[3], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[3], and in our free world[3], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[3], and,,, let's face facts ...[3], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[3], and, yeah, yeah[3], and I mean ...[3], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[3], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[3], and I don't know[3], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[3], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[3], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[3], and I wish I knew[3], and

And I'm telling you[1], and, do you believe, kook?[1], and I'm telling you[2], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[1], and, do you believe, kook?[2], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[1], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[2], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[1], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[2], and ... ... ... ???[1], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[2], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[1], and ... ... ... ???[2], and where am I, with my music, like?[1], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[2], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[1], and where am I, with my music, like?[2], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![1], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[2], and, well ...[1], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![2], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[1], and, well ...[2], and, anyway ...[1], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[2], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, uh, Christ[1], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![1], and, uh, Christ[2], and, well ... maybe[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[1], and, well ... maybe[2], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[2], and in our free world[1], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[2], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[1], and in our free world[2], and,,, let's face facts ...[1], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[2], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[1], and,,, let's face facts ...[2], and, yeah, yeah[1], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[2], and I mean ...[1], and, yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[1], and I mean ...[2], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[1], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[2], and I don't know[1], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[2], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[1], and I don't know[2], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[1], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[2], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[1], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[2], and I wish I knew[1], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[2], and I'm telling you[3], and I wish I knew[2], and, do you believe, kook?[3], and I'm sure people don't think I'm serious a lot of the time[3], and ... 'I believe you, Mikey!'[3], and, or, or, or ... they don't truly appreciate how serious I am BECAUSE ...[3], and ... ... ... ???[3], and we're not living in a very serious world ... oh, few souls have passions that keep them alive[3], and where am I, with my music, like?[3], and I could be anywhere ... struggling to survive[3], and I know that I spin a-ROUND here ... Thank God I know that much, man![3], and, well ...[3], and I got a bad, bad feeling I'm not all there!!! any more ... and that might be all right, I still got my guitar[3], and, anyway ...[3], and ... 'Could you make more sense, Mikey, for the readers and spinners who aren't visionaries?'[3], and, uh, Christ[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... Voice, come on ... if they're spinners, they've got to be visionaries![3], and, well ... maybe[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and let me rock and roll you into a right dizzy mess[3], and ... 'Great! I'm up for it!'[3], and in our free world[3], and, so ... I'm wondering now ... ... ...[3], and,,, let's face facts ...[3], and every now and then ... every intelligent soul has got to ask: ... ... ... "Why am I alive?"[3], and, yeah, yeah[3], and I mean ...[3], and ... 'Come on! Come on!'[3], and, yeah, yeah, yeah ... ooo ooo ooo ... what's in it for me, if I keep breathing?[3], and I don't know[3], and I'm a nutter, yes ... hanging around, and ... spinning a-ROUND ... for a big prize or something[3], and ... 'Ha! ... Well, I believe'[3], and ... ... ... is it worth it ... ... ... all the effort?[3], and I wish I knew[3], and