Have you seen the ne’er-to-do, locked up in ‘Ark Avenue’,
On that famous thoroughfare, with some toxin in the air,
High hats and Arrow collars, green spats and lots of dollars,
Spending every dime, on a wonderful crime!If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to,
Why don’t you go where chaos sits,
Gotham on the fritz!Femme fatales who wear a day coat, two-faced men,
Or leather bound coats, perfect fits,
Gotham on the fritz!Dressed up like a winged flying sleuther,
Trying hard to look like Ol’ Lex Luthor (super duper),
Come let’s mix where Cobblepots walk with their sticks,
Or umbrellas in their mitts.
Gotham on the fritz!Kitty cats all wear a diamond choker,
Harley walking with the man who broke her (what a joker),
You’ll declare it’s simply insane to be there,
And cower as they battle wits,
Gotham on the fritz!(I was bored. This happened. Deal with it.)
Month: November 2016
Circles in the Grain – Dandelion Wine
Mysterious circles that come from above
Might be a greeting from some celestial dove
Alien farmers in a strange unknown craft
Spinning and separating wheat from the chaff
“Circles in the Grain” by Tom Jeffers, performed by his band Dandelion Wine. Lyrics available here.
The Ballad of Barry Allen – Eben Brooks
And I’ll be there before you know it
I’ll be gone before you see me
And do you think you can imagine
Anything so lonely
And I know you’d really like me
But I never stick around
Because time keeps dragging on
“The Ballad of Barry Allen,” a song about the downsides of being a speedster. Original song by Jim’s Big Ego, performed here by Eben Brooks.
Lyrics available here.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The Dark Is Rising – Julia Ecklar
When the Dark comes rising, Six shall turn it back.
Three from the Circle, three from the Track.
Wood, bronze, iron, water, fire, stone –
Five will return, and one go alone.
“The Dark Is Rising,” adapted by Julia Ecklar from poetry scattered throughout the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper.
Lyrics available from Prometheus Music.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Wind in the Pipes – Meg Davis
“Wind in the Pipes” by Meg Davis.
Davis comments in the liner notes of her Captain Jack and the Mermaid album:
My summer haunt is a beautiful, old (circ.1940’s) house on a lovely, cool lake (well away from the humidity of a Cincinnati summer). The folks who tend the house, and get it ready each year, have no idea how they have inspired me over the years. They get into their hip-waders each frosty May to put the dock in and, depending upon the placement of the metal poles, I end up with a very haunting sound all season that comes from the wind blowing across the holes in the posts. Some summers it’s a brighter tune, sometimes a rather spooky chord, but whenever it happens I tell myself, it’s only the wind in the pipes.
It’s hard to find the lyrics to this one, but I was able to transcribe them – they’re not very long, and they repeat a few times. I’ve included them after the cut.
Welcome to a moon-filled night
Of strange and wondrous tales,
Of ancient kings and mystic rings
And ships with painted sails;
Of how I came to be here
And where I wish to go,
And all my deepest secrets
Which you will come to know.
Settle back and dream awhile
And come along with me,
We will walk the ancient forests
And sail the deepest seas;
O let your heart go rambling,
There’s much we have to see,
From what we are this moment
To what we hope to be.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Gone Filkin' – Dandelion Wine
Gone filkin’ it’s a sunny day
Gone filkin’ in the Milky Way
Gone filkin’ in the key of E
A filk circle is the place I want to be
“Gone Filkin’” by Tom Jeffers, a heartfelt and only moderately tongue-in-cheek tribute to the filk genre. Performed by Tom’s band, Dandelion Wine.
Lyrics available here.
Apocalypse Ballade – Araxie Haldane
Sometimes you need to take a break from hope songs to be sad and scared and take refuge in needlessly complicated poetic forms.
Mordred’s Lullaby – Heather Dale
Guileless son, I’ll shape your belief
And you’ll always know that your father’s a thief
And you won’t understand the cause of your grief
But you’ll always follow the voices beneath
“Mordred’s Lullaby” by Heather Dale, a wonderfully creepy song from the point of view of Morgana le Fay.
Lyrics (and annotations!) available on Genius.
Never Set the Cat on Fire – Frank Hayes
Never set the cat on fire, you only will annoy it
The flames will make the beast perspire; it surely won’t enjoy it
“Never Set the Cat on Fire” by Frank Hayes, a classic filk that goes in a much different direction than you’d expect it to.
Lyrics with chords available here.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
You’re a Star – Araxie Haldane
Here’s my piece for Day 7 of The Power Of Mabel Week! It’s a filk (lyrics under the cut)! Thank you so much to everyone else who contributed and made this week such a success (and if you haven’t finished something that’s okay–Mabel Week may officially be over today, but it lives on in my heart and I’d love to see more things that people create)
Much love to all of you and to our beautiful star child.
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