Tomic Riter

Tag: songwriting

  • Rooftop blues.

    daddy came to me and asked
    if I can stay longer
    how longer, I asked
    the noose around my neck was getting stronger
    his voice quivered and was quickly gone
    when I threw on him a shoe
    I remembered his voice as I wrote
    the rooftop blues
    .
    mommy came to me later
    and asked if everything was fine
    I opened my mouth and told her
    that it was already nine
    and why would she come to me
    at night so late
    she could have come to me before eight
    I looked away and sent her to hell
    and I sat like a lonely fool
    and wrote the rooftop blues
    .
    it took all my blood to climb this up
    where only the empty bottles linger
    and not a single hot cup
    it took all my bones to form one full man
    and a thousand nights of songs
    to write what nobody can
    but where the hell
    where the hell
    am I going, I got not clue
    so I sat down one evening
    and wrote the rooftop blues.

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  • The naked man gonna sing.

    the naked man walks up the stairs
    there’s nothing much about which he cares
    and he is going on and on
    the naked man has been here for long
    .
    he sits every night atop his roof
    and listens to the animals bark and woof
    he stuffs his ears with cotton
    and hides his eyes behind sandpaper
    and if anybody comes knocking
    the naked man pays no attention
    and puts it for later
    .
    he kisses the wind and
    rolls back his head
    like he is satisfied and already dead

    he opens his eyes and looks at the stars
    the little stones burning afar
    he rubs his eyes and then rubs his skin
    and he opens his throat
    like the naked man is finally gonna sing.

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