LIVERPOOL 2008 - Jegsy Dodd

Liverpool (So good they named it Once)

Gerron this tune/poem

amazin'
every word spot on

Ye can download it as well FREE!

http://www.myspace.com/jegsydoddandtheoriginalsinners

Fvckin' brilliant! :handclap:

- "it'll be us against the world again kid!"

Another talking tune...Sounds the same as the group "the streets".Boring!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_42:

brilliant :handclap: thanks Mags :handclap:

LIVERPOOL - [SO GREAT THEY NAMED IT ONCE] by Jegsy Dodd

EVERY LINE YOU SEE UPON MY WEATHER-BEATEN FACE
HAS SOMEHOW BEEN CREATED BY THIS MOST AMAZING PLACE
THE LAUGHTER LINES AND FROWNS HAVE FOUGHT A BATTLE ON MY SKIN
THE FROWNS HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK BUT THE SMILES ARE GONNA WIN

THAT ROUGH VERNACULAR IS QUITE SPECTACULAR
ITS THE WAY THAT SCOUSERS SPEAK
SCOUSE WAS AN ACCENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN
I THINK ITS CALLED UNIQUE

AND NOW WE'RE BACK IN VOGUE
WE KNOW IT WONT BE FOR LONG
LIKE A DRUNKEN UNCLE AT A FUNERAL
SOMETHINGS BOUND TO GO HORRIBLY WRONG
BECAUSE THATS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST
THIS IS WHO WE ARE
WARM BUT CHILLED AND HIGHLY SKILLED
BUT NOTHING TO LAR-DEE-DAR

AND FOR YEARS THEY LAUGHED BEHIND OUR BACKS
THE JOURNOS WITH THEIR VEILED ATTACKS
NEVER MISSED A CHANCE TO TWIST THE FACTS
BUT LOOK WHOS LAUGHING NOW?

SEE THE RIVER, WATCH THE TIDE
FEEL THE PASSION, FEEL THE PRIDE
I'VE TRAVELLED THE GLOBE FAR AND WIDE
BUT MY HEART REMAINS ON MERSEYSIDE

I KNOW WE'RE FAR FROM PERFECT
PERFECTION WAS NEVER THE CASE
WE LIKE TO GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE

OH MARGARET HILDA THATCHER, IT MUST PAIN YOU TO SEE US NOW
REMEMBER US? YOU HATED US, WHEN WE REFUSED TO LIE DOWN
BUT THAT GRITTY OLD CITY IS NOW SITTING PRETTY ITS THE LIVER BIRDS WHO TAKE A BOW
MARGARET HILDA THATCHER - LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING NOW

BUT LETS KEEP IT IN PROPORTION
WITH A LITTLE WORD OF CAUTION

THE CITY THEY TRIED TO NULIFY
AND SOMETIMES USED TO CRUCIFY
NOW THEY WANT TO SANCTIFY
AND EVEN TRY TO BEAUTIFY
BUT THE MORE THEY TRY TO MODIFY
STUPEFY AND PURIFY
THE LESS WE WILL IDENTIFY
THE CITY WE KNOW SO WELL

WHERE LOYALTY'S NOT A THING OF THE PAST
WHERE COLOURS ARE FIRMLY NAILED TO THE MAST
800 YEARS OLD AND CHANGING FAST
BUT WITH A PERSONALITY THAT'S BUILT TO LAST

WE'VE LEARNT TO WAG OUR TAIL AGAIN
INSTEAD OF BARKING AT PASSERS BY
ITS A REPUTATION WE SEEM TO HAVE ACQUIRED
WHICH WASN'T QUITE JUSTIFIED
INFACT THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN WIDE
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO STEP INSIDE
(HANG ON WHILE I TURN THE ALARM OFF, ONLY JOKING)

WE COULD HAVE FILLED THE MERSEY A HUNDRED TIMES
WITH TEARS THIS CITY'S SHED
FROM THE POVERTY OF OUR FOREFATHERS
TO HILLSBOROUGH'S FUTILE DEAD
BUT BOY WE'VE HAD SOME LAUGHS ASWELL
IT ALL GOES HAND IN HAND
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE LOST AT SEA
TO APPRECIATE DRY LAND

OH LIVERPOOL I LOVE YOU
MORE THAT ANY TOWN ON EARTH
WE'VE GOT MICHELIN STARS AND TRENDY BARS
BUT WHAT ARE THEY REALLY WORTH?
NOTHING WITHOUT THE PEOPLE
IT'S THEY WHO MAKE THIS TOWN
AN UNBROKEN SPIRIT AND OUTSPOKEN WITH IT
IN FOR A PENNY AND PROFOUND

AND WHAT ARE GONNA DO, WHEN THE CIRCUS LEAVES THE TOWN
WILL WE FEEL A HINT OF SADNESS WHEN THEY PACK AWAY THE MERRY GO ROUND
WHEN THE ACCOUNTANTS HAVE ACCOUNTED
AND SURVEYORS HAVE SURVEYED
AND THE DIRECTORS HAVE DIRECTED WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD BE PAID
WHAT WILL BE LEFT?
WILL IT BE JUST ME AND YOU, ME RED, YOU BLUE
LYING ON AN UNMADE BED SAYING, "HOW WAS IT FOR YOU?"

SANITIZED AND SUPERVISED, ORGANISED AND PATRONISED
THE BEAUTIFICATION OF LIVERPOOL, SO GREAT THEY NAMED IT ONCE

THE PEOPLE WHO RE-LOCATED HERE, TO SHOW US HOW IT'S DONE
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO TRIED TO TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN ALOT OF FUN
BUT WE NEVER REALLY MET, WHILE THE SPIN WAS BEING SPUN
FOR THE ONE YEAR MAKEOVER, THE ONE YEAR TAKEOVER, THE ONE YEAR HIT AND RUN
YOU LEFT WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE, THOUGH I DON'T REMEMBER SAYING HELLO
MY INVITATION MUST HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE POST MANY MONTHS AGO
SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
AFTER EVERY BONE IN THIS CITY HAS BEEN HOLLOWED
AND EVERY GOVERNMENT GRANT HAS BEEN SWALLOWED
EVERY VOL-AU-VENT SCOFFED AND CASE OF WINE QUAFFED
EVERY CITY COMMITTEE HAS WHACKED OUT THEIR KITTY
WHATS LEFT?
IT'LL BE US AGAINST THE WORLD AGAIN KID
JUST LIKE IT WAS BEFORE, BEFORE THE DECORATORS MOVED IN
JUST ME AND YOU, ME RED, YOU BLUE

WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE DOCKSIDE AND STAND THERE ARM IN ARM
AND STARE ACROSS THE RIVER AND LISTEN TO THE CALM
WE'LL HEAR THE SWELLING CURRENT AND SEE THE RISING TIDE
WE'LL FEEL THE STIRRING PASSION AND FEEL THAT SENSE OF PRIDE
AND YOU'LL WHISPER IN MY EAR, AS WE STAND THERE SIDE BY SIDE
YOU'LL SAY "THERE'S NO PLACE ON THIS PLANET, QUITE LIKE MERSEYSIDE"

Jegsy Dodd, poet and speaker of Liverpools song ,I salute you,may you tell our tale to the generations to come,your words will live forever,
BrianD