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I do so love Caribbean music.

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Between the devil and the deep blue sea
between medications and talk therapy
between fruitless yearning and the powers that be
A lassie with thick bangs was waiting

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What a life I’ve lived! Never-ending fun
but I see the finish line ahead
My back’s to the wall. I slow to a crawl
In a month or two I mayl be dead.

Once time was quantified and Atlas had shrugged
and well before diplomatic suites had been bugged
Before hearts were broken and heartstrings were tugged
A babe in a short skirt was waiting

Beyond the factories and brothels and park
Instead of the sweet old silver song of the lark
When everyone was yet to hear her rescue dog bark
A sultry seductress was waiting

Beyond Inner City where the devil runs wild
Far beneath heaven where the tender and mild
Offer redemption to your scarred inner child
My last and best soulmate is waiting

On top of a glacier beginning to melt
Before rabble rousers cursed the hands they’d been dealt
and seldom was heard words benign or heartfelt
Alouche leggy lady is waiting

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John Mendelssohn London, UK

John Mendelssohn is a withered old embarrassment from Santa Monica, California, who, n spite of fervent listener indifference, or even antipathy, been writing and recording music for over 50 years. NYC Rock called him “one of our more unique pop personalities, and like no one you have ever heard. From hard jingle-jangles to experimental symphonic pop, his taste roams the landscape.” ... more

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