CAMELOT (LAST PICTURE SHOW ) W/M Michael S. Morrison 1984 I SAW A MOVIE THAT REMIDED ME OF YOU IT REMINED ME OF CAMELOT… WHEN YOU PLAYED A FAIR GUENVIER TO MY SIR LANCEALOT (CHORUS) IT WAS THE LAST PICTURE SHOW I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THE BEST PART I’LL EVER PLAY BECAUSE I PLAYED OUT MY HEART THAT’S A PRICE I WAS GLAD TO PAY IN CAMELOT… I SAW A PICTURE SHOW THAT HAUNTED ME SHE HAD YOUR EYES OF INNOCENCE SO AGAIN I PAYED THE PRICE AND BECAME THE PRINCE SHE WAS THE QUEEN OF HEARTS SHE WAS YOU.. NOW A PART OF ME SO I GOT CARRIED AWAY.. AND SAID GOODBY SILENTLY.. (BRIDGE) IF YOU ARE STILL AT THE OLD ADDRESS I JUST WROTE TO LET YOU KNOW HOPEING FOR YOUR CONTINUED HAPPINESS THANK YOU FOR THE LEADING ROLE
CAMELOT
My old friend Freedom
Has anybody here, seen my old friend Freedom
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
He freed a lot of people, but it seems the good, they die young
But I just looked around and he’s gone.
With apologies to Dick Holler
The Generations Who Trusted Me
In the fading light of what I thought would be
I am lost and don’t know where to go
My people look to me to keep them safe and warm
And I will do the best that I can
And I will win but I need even my enemies now
To save the generations who trusted me
M.S. Morrison
Two Flowers
Two flowers lie
Like frigates
In the western wind
Carried by the breath of life
On a sojourn in the surf
One flower wants to die
The other floats for all it’s worth
M.S.Morrison
With Molten Blast
There is a wasteland
Where roses won’t grow
A wanton place
Where feelings never go
A pathway turned to dust
Filled with hollow memories
Of anger and lust
Where on the ground
Lie seeds cast without
Loves soft concern
Where the best of dreams never last
As the fires of indecision burn
With molten blast.
M. S. Morrison
Money don’t make like it spends
Money don’t make like it spends You can pray for the rain to pay all your rent But pennies ain’t heaven sent You can crave it or save it or borrow it from friends But money don’t make like it spends A quarter that’s shiny and new may look very good to you You get a sparkle of silver but that’s where it ends Cause money don’t make like it spends You can invest it in hard rock and roll or bury it deep in a hole Either way you could be poor in the end Cause money don’t make like it spends No money don’t make like it spends Money don’t make like it spends You can crave it or save it or borrow it from friends But money don’t make like it spends M.S. Morrison
The Generations Who Trusted Me
In the fading light of what I thought would be I am lost and don’t know where to go My people look to me to keep them safe and warm And I will do the best that I can And I will win but I need even my enemies now To save the generations who trusted me M.S. Morrison
The Incumbent Party
It’s so simple when you know what the truth is
Like pulling the trigger on a long gun
And after a lot of thought and much research
We have determined that we are right and you are wrong
Sincerely, The Incumbent Party
M. S. Morrison
THE PUBLIC VIEW
THE PUBLIC VIEW When voting for a man for president they look on and wonder Can or will he protect my children or if childless my livelihood Is he lying ? Has he chosen his own race and the furtherance of their cause as his primary responsibility Can he defend, will he defend the freedom of All the people of the United States of America Is he lying? Is he weak? Will he be strong enough mentally to do the right thing when the right think is unpopular Is he just telling us what we want to hear Does he have that extra thing that all American presidents must have Does he have a good workable and equitable plan Will he be fair to me and my family M.S. Morrison
The Smart President
Yea everyone was lying all the people that disagreed
They only thought the wrong way
and were lost in their certainty
They would not listen to the smart president
Who could read their pea brain minds
Because his wisdom was heaven sent
And he memorized all his lines and on the TV he looked good
And he didn’t understand why he was so misunderstood
M.S. Morrison
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