NEW SONG

Well, I'm still getting used to this new website of mine, after the old one was infested by someone with an altogether different agenda !

Here's my first entry of the next generation.  It's about my new song Precious Memories, which deals with memory loss as you get older.  I forgot to get the car booked in for its annual MOT test and so was unable to tax the car.  This event inspired this song !

 Precious Memories

1.   What did I just come upstairs for?  What was I about to do ?
     I'm becoming more forgetful, losing track of what is true !

     Chorus :  Sometimes lost, sometimes found,
                   Precious memories leave without a sound.

2.  Mine's a world of missed appointments.  Places I was meant to be
     I forgot one in September, Now I have no MOT !                         > Chorus

              Can't remember what's on TV, progammes that I'd hoped to see
              Find that I can't cope with Freeview, safer with a DVD !               > Guitar Break

3.  What's that word I can't remember ?  Who was that upon the phone ?
     MOT expired September, suddenly I feel alone.                         > Chorus

              Don't forget about tomorrow !  What did we do yesterday ?
              Life delivers joy and sorrow, memories either leave or stay.       > Guitar Break

4.  Did I take my medication ?  Am I safe, at least today ?
     Doctor tells me it's important, maybe took them yesterday ?      > Chorus

             How did we cope raising children ?  Holidays merge into one
             Forty years of busy teaching vanish like an evening gone !          > Guitar Break

5.  So much worse when one is older; to recall I try in vain
     Care home looming ever closer, lack of links within the brain.    > Chorus

            When I'm sitting in the Circle, staring at the TV screen
            Will I know you when you visit ?  Just what will Dementia mean ?  > Guitar Break

Out.     What did I just come upstairs for?  What was I about to do ?