This is one goes out to Ginger, who recently referred to the T.S. Eliot poem.
With love.
With love.
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For the entire T.S. Eliot poem The Love Song of J.A. Prufrock, click here
What is it that makes me just a little bit queasy?
Theres a breeze that makes my breathing not so easy
Ive had my lungs checked out with X rays
Ive smelled the hospital hallways
Someday Ill have a disappearing hairline
Someday Ill wear pyjamas in the daytime
Times when the day is like a play by Sartre
When it seems a bookburnings in perfect order
I gave the doctor my description
Ive tried to stick my prescriptions
Someday Ill have a disappearing hairline
Someday Ill wear pyjamas in the daytime
Afternoons will be measured out
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot
Maybe if I could do a play-by playback
I could change the test results that I will get back
Ive watched the summer evenings pass by
Ive heard the rattle in my bronchi...
Ive had my lungs checked out with X rays
Ive smelled the hospital hallways
Someday Ill have a disappearing hairline
Someday Ill wear pyjamas in the daytime
Times when the day is like a play by Sartre
When it seems a bookburnings in perfect order
I gave the doctor my description
Ive tried to stick my prescriptions
Someday Ill have a disappearing hairline
Someday Ill wear pyjamas in the daytime
Afternoons will be measured out
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot
Maybe if I could do a play-by playback
I could change the test results that I will get back
Ive watched the summer evenings pass by
Ive heard the rattle in my bronchi...
Someday Ill have a disappearing hairline
Someday Ill wear pyjamas in the daytime
Afternoons will be measured out
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot (2x)
Someday Ill wear pyjamas in the daytime
Afternoons will be measured out
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot (2x)
Brad Roberts ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the musical treat and the post card last week. There is something about that Love Song thta does resonate with all of us and time. I will post the link to my reference for your readers if you approve.
ReplyDeleteI will have to forward this to my musician friend. Enjoy the Sunday...you have brightened my day. Ginger
http://gettingafoothold.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-have-measured-out-my-life-with-coffee.html
I LOVE this and haven't heard it in years. In high school I wrote a paper about J.A.P. as an assignment for poetry class. I think these guys do it justice. This is prophetic that I've stumbled upon this post of yours as just a few days ago I was reciting the first few lines of the poem to myself and made a mental note to take down the book and re-read it. I believe it's a masterpiece. thank you very much. this is so cool.
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