I had a wonderful moment walking to work, under umbrellas behind this mother and this little 3 or 4 year old girl. Like a beautiful JD Salinger moment, I was grumpy, wet, cold and she was being held in her mum’s arms, looking back over her shoulders at me. This pure soul with sparkling blue […]

For Amanda, to cheer her upa romantic ramble At First Sight As a pop lover, the idea of falling in love (or whatever) at first sight comes up often. And of all the millions of gals who’ve etched an initial or two on me over the years only a handful have been at first sight. […]

Sitting here with the hollow menDiscussing the finer points of things againsVarious lasses over copious glassesWearing bewilderment of failed mountain climbers My poor friends have been through this beforeThe garish windows, the big red doorsEvery sentence has her nameI open my mouth and it’s like torrential rain but… Let me tell you all about herAnd […]

Dear girl that used to catch the 413 to Campsie with me back in the end of Primary school, I had such a crush on you. I was like 10, and in love. You would get on the bus a couple of stops before me, every day with a different book. How did you ever […]

Tim Rogers Would you settle for a mobile home,A good record store and a public phone? (yes, I think I would)

I’m not holding onTo something that I know is goneI just can’t see you with anybody else I don’t want your timeGirl that’s not what’s on my mindI just can’t see you with anybody else

Pete Wilson Jesus, he don’t return my callsHe don’t mean much to me anymore

Good of you to callYou know I wish I couldBut that’s the way I was So don’t wait upOr hold onJust move onAnd maybe someday who knows I might even catch up.

Build a building by the bayClimb a cliff of coloured cavesDare to die in damp decayFall in fancy footed fateGrapple with goners green and greyHope to heavens to help hold hateJust a jewel in jester’s jadeKeep a in king kit a kiss okayLose a level left of lonelyMake money on Mexican merchantsNow nearer to never […]

Trembling along like an cup in a quakeI steady myself wth a smile that’s a fakeI’m spinning around like planets in spaceGrabbing onto a passing phase The foundations seem to shudderNo foreman would pass this musterSeems all I say is filibusterAnd my actions lackluster Shoes seem to be falling off my feetAnd made off with […]