A lyrical number!!

Seems like we're having a bit of a music day today :D (Not sure what I'm talking about? Check out my earlier post about Flashfires' New single release http://turningoldpages.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/spreading-like-wild-fire.html)

"I HATE" by Passenger is one of the best works of lyric genius ever! I absolutely love it and its wit and sarcasm that reigns true every time I hear it. It's absolutely brilliant!

For a while I've wanted to write down the rhyming pattern and create my own version. That's basically what procrastination had me do today.

It's a poem. But not a beautiful as Mrs D. Mrs I. Mrs F-F. I. Mrs C. Mrs U. Mrs L-T-Y

I wrote the basic rhyming structure of the first verse and copied it and then inspiration just took me on a rollercoaster of thought and now I have a recorded and written version on my typewriter!

THE GENIE - I WISH:

I wish I had a pound, 

For every time that came round, 

When some body questioned my race. 

I wish I was a cop,

Because I would fine every beautician to stop,

Pulling hairs from all over my face. 

I wish I could settle,

Put on the kettle, 

With a boy/ guy and be done with this chase.

But life's quite hard,

It's a fine and detailed art,

And every one's picking up the pace.

I wish I had a sister,

Who'd pick out my mister,

And do my hair up in a bun.

I wish I had a flat belly,

Like the ones on the telly,

Then I wouldn't be scared of the sun. 

And I wish very much,

That I had a magic watch,

To bring home my dad, brothers and mum.  (<---- probably the only part of this poem I'd like!)

Because life's very hard,

A fine and detailed art, 

And everyone's starting to run. 

I wish people would stop,

Smoking outside the shop,

So that we all didn't have to inhale 'fag'.

I wish I had a sports bra,

So when I ran too far,

My boobs wouldn't begin to sag.

I wish people wouldn't joke,

About ... you know: that bloke,

It's just a man dressed as a woman in drag.

But life's so hard,

A fine and detailed art, 

And now I'm beginning to lag. 

Yet I know these things, 

I don't need them all,

Because soon enough I will cease.

So I'll start from the bottom,

All the way to the top,

Before my skin starts to crease.

Because if there's one thing I know, 

About life it's this:

You never know what you've got 'til it's gone. 

So stop what you're doing,

Stressing and running, 

And just go and have fun. 

THE END

Don't know if I have to copyright this (ahaha) but if you hear it anywhere else, you heard it first here!