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Curmudgeon

from A Bit of Change by Edward St Moritz

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I worked for a while as a music programmer for long-term care facilities. This is an assembly of story bits from my lovely audience.

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Curmudgeon

Ninety-three times I have seen the winter come
always arriving with it's finery-o
Don't tell me the world will end
Rocks and trees and seas can fend
Very well without so much as a by-your-leave-o
Very well without a by-your-leave-o

Bones are brittle and my joints do ache
Knees go a-snapple and a-crackery-o
Don't tell me I should behave
I can't hear well your breath you can save
I don't suffer fools and their quackery-o
Any fools and their quackery-o

Most of my friends are crazy or dead
Killed by the wars and the boardrooms-o
It's lonely, sure, and long are the days
But not as long as nights in this place
When I long for the charms of my Marguerite-o
For the charms of my Marguerite-o

Marguerite born in Trois-Rivieres
Came with me to Ontario
Six sons, four daughters, we buried three
The rest have raised fine families
Marguerite died eight winters ago
She died eight winters ago

Jesus might come, but then again not
Me and God have a bargainy-o
My mouth and heart straight as a rail
He'll mind his own when I fall and fail
I'll only fear the suffering-o
Only fear the suffering-o

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from A Bit of Change, released April 30, 2020

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Edward St Moritz Barrie, Ontario

Ed lives in Collingwood Ontario.

He and Don Bray produced his first CD of original songs Small Things Shining Bright and has just completed a second project A Bit of Change with Ray Dillard.

Why a darkside navigator?
“I am responsible for the directions I take in those gray territories. I do go into depression, but I also know how to sail through it. My songs are the maps of experience there.” ... more

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