Gerry Freeman

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They walked just here, the lovers,
On the path by the dual carriageway
And their footsteps slowed along Chester Road,
From the Hastings Hill estate.
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Precious moments gone forever
Tender words all left unsaid
Like a promise that was broken
Or a poem left unread.
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People talkin' about nothin'
Keep on beatin' their gums.
If you haven't got somethin' worth sayin'
Silence is golden chum.
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The tired Sun in his lonely sky
Must forever strive
To brush the darkness ahead away,
Though it gathers in behind.
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You can't forget your first love,
First love is always true.
The first time that you fall in love
Those feelings are brand new.
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Whenever I begin to think that something might be going my way
I know that I can well rely on life slapping me in the face.
So don't you wail if you try and fail, it's surely no disgrace,
Because it's only Nature's way of putting you back in your place.
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Ever since Eve turned to Adam
And said: 'Come on, take a bite.'
I'm afraid that's right,
It's been a woman's world.
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When the days of my life have been numbered and
All I've done has been weighed and defined,
Will my children be able to understand
Why I did what I did with my life.
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How long?
Lord, Lord how long?

Don't let anybody tell you
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How many times have I wondered
What made me act so foolishly?
How many times have I tried to find a reason
For mistreating you, like I used to do?
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You never told me you loved me,
I guess it's not your fault you broke my heart,
But if you think nothing of me
Why did this thing ever start?
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Everyday I learn the lines,
Trying to play my part
Like I should, oh but if I could
I'd go back to the start,
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If I could tell all the fools that I've ever known
Just exactly what I think of them,
If I could speak my mind instead of biting my tongue
I do believe I'd feel more like a man,
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Far beyond this horizon
I know there's a place for me.
Far beyond this horizon
Further than the eye can see.
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Gerry Freeman Biography

I grew up in the North East of England and worked primarily in the Civil Service, but also had a spell as a taxi driver and lastly in a call centre for a bank. Now retired and filling in my time with writing songs, poems and lately books about Vikings. I am married to Hazel, we have 4 children and 8 grand children (at the last count) . I can unequivocally state that I play some very fine blues guitar and am a devoted student of that genre, but also appreciate all the great composers of popular music, especially the acknowledged masters of the American Songbook.)

The Best Poem Of Gerry Freeman

Love And Memory

They walked just here, the lovers,
On the path by the dual carriageway
And their footsteps slowed along Chester Road,
From the Hastings Hill estate.
Light slipped through the chinks in the curtains
Of the houses they passed, side by side.
She wished he'd step closer and hold her
But he was annoyingly shy.
Their babysitting duties earlier
Had left her that way inclined.
Borrowed domesticity, like static electricity,
Must be discharged sometimes.
At the Grindon Mill pub on the corner
A dog suddenly barked in the yard.
Now that was her cue, as even he knew,
When she threw herself into his arms.
They stood for a moment, our lovers,
Enjoying their first real embrace.
He looked in her eyes and understood why
She'd insisted on coming this way.
The stars that shone far above them
Were the most beautiful either had known,
That fine, cool night, by orange lamplight,
While they dawdled to her home.
Tomorrow was not a school day,
They could stay out as late as they liked.
He joked as they walked, she laughed and they talked,
Not just kids anymore, not quite.
So on they went, as lovers,
His arm at last round her waist.
The best of all worlds for a good Catholic girl,
Desired, yet pure and chaste.
They're parted now, those lovers,
But I'll always remember that stroll
From Hastings Hill to the Grindon Mill,
It's become a part of my soul.

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