Chris Port Blog #17: Marty Gull Song #7. Judy Garland

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Southside

See the shit on the pavement

And a girl who is dancing

Down a yellow brick road

Judy Garland

I dare to wear your slippers today

Let the wizard understand

Schooldays

Here’s a poem from Marty

Has the man lost his marbles?

He can’t get my new style 

Criticizing

The wizard grieves, can’t get me at all

And the Head begins to smile

Music

Musicals are romantic

No more poor ugly duckling

I am beautiful now

You remember

my clothes were bought from charity shops

Let the music drown that out

Every teacher

seems to reach a

point of mental breakdown 

Scorn and rumour

Exhausted humour

And soon he’ll wear that thorn crown

Stardom

Let me be Judy Garland

Let me be a great dancer

Let me learn how to sing

When the chance calls

A girl will throw a man to the wolves

And my new life will begin

Burnt out men in smoky cars

Who failed to smell the coffee

You talk of art I couldn’t give a toss for

I couldn’t give a toffee

Teach me

But you can’t ever reach me

You are lost in a memory

Of a world that is gone

If you teach me

You’ll understand what tragedy is

Look my life is just a song


Memory from Cats