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LENNON’S COMPANION
ONE OF MANY ENGLISH WIVES
(AND SOME OTHER IMPORTANT PEOPLE)
1st VERSE

As Lennon is to Yoko and Ono is to John
As Idris is to Julia, Biel to Rahman
As Jo-ohn is to David, Furnish to Elton I pray
for my collaborator, my companion

As Lennon is to Julian and Cynthia and Sean
As Lennon is to McCartney, George, Ringo and May Pang,
As Lennon is to Bowie’s Fame, and sa-a-ang with Elton,
When your name is joined with mine
Enjoy the combination

CHORUS
Nothing lasts forever
No-one lives that long
Nothing lasts forever, but we can tell some
Real love life stories as we sing the songs

2nd VERSE
As Kuti is to Zombie, & Saatchi to Nigella
As Tracey Emin is to Margate, & Bill T Jones to Fela
As Irven is to Brothers in Jazz, Seymour, Hear More Afro IDJ, (Kola, Ade, Jerry, Gary, Perry, Rocky, Chris)
Let’s build a fit fraternity, dancing all over the UK

As Lennon is to Liverpool and Madison Square Gardens
As Manchester and Industry are to Goals and David Beckham
As Los Angeles is to Peckham, Training to Super Powers
May these Games (when they come to London) Grace us all with Afro-fluence, trees and flowers

Nothing comes from nowhere
We are all fruit from tangled trees (Earth)
Traveller, Settler, Refugee, we all need
Stamina and strength and flexiblity

 (Imagine war is over)

3rd VERSE
Check out the football Beckham gals on North Korean TV, Technology
Has its uses, and M-I-K-A, Mika found Goldie
Bending the world to a tasty pulse, like Linda McCartney
Suga Mama, Beyonce, AKA Mrs Jay Zee, Ma of Blue Ivy

Anna the multi–skilled creative mother also dances
Another, Maki’s daughter Lily’s blessed with great life chances
Spreading the word UBUNTU is Levene’s lovely Lizzie
More brothers, more brothers more brothers more – David Graham makes us all Gillespie

Nothing comes from nowhere (is it one, is it two, is it?)
‘xceptmaybe the big bang (is it one, is it two, is it?)
Even test tube babies come from somewhere
Someone (is it one, is it two, is it?)
(is it one, is it two, is it? s it one, is it two, is it?)

(The woman, the woman…?)

4th VERSE
As Daddy is to Diddy (Femi), Paul and Puff and Sean (Sean)
As Harry is to Sir Cliff Richard, and Izzard to Iron Man, (Dorathy)
As Woodward (wood-wood-wood-wood) is to Paul, New Man to Joanne
Keep my on my toes, I promised you a Marathon

Be-friend me for a life-time, Love me for everyone I am
As Jones is to Bowie, Abdulmajid to Iman
As Cleopatra is to Johnny, Wavendon to Laine
We can all be heroes, like Alice   and John Coltrane

As Nonagenarian Brubeck is to Iola
Purim to Airto, Moreira to Flora,
Barney to Bjork, Gyomundodttir to Matthew
More than any flat screen, real three-D love will thrill me through

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
USE YOUR TIME WELL
TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE WORLD WE SHARE AND YOUR WHOLE SELF
EV’RY NERVE AND EV’RY CELL

5th VERSE
Was Danny Boyle …any good for India?
Indians, We’ve got Indians
They’ve got Satyajit Ray, Tagore and Wes
Anderson, we’ve got POCHAHONTAS and PAKISTANIS

Iraqi Zaha Hadid, Cleveland Watkiss, tabla skatting
Shami Chakrabarti, yoga, banghra, Talvin Singh
Let every body out, let every body in
Pray Mohammed Pray – Crowds can be self-monitoring

Nothing lasts forever
Our Empire has declined
My most precious commodity
Is my peace of mind

6th VERSE
As Pamela is to Billy, Connelly to Stephenson,
As Connie Booth is to John Cleese, counsel a comedian,
As Connie is to writing Lahr, the cowardly lion’s son John,
Don’t fall asleep, don’t lie exposed, spot-lit in the sun

As Factor is to X phenomenon,
As Strictly is to sex, Union and re-union,
Make up Robbie and Take That, Cardle, Kara, Artem,
Mooooooove us to the Max, Matt, Put dancing shoes on Heffernan,

CHORUS
Nothing comes from nowhere
Where’s my chance to shine?
I know every word, and as I sing,
The song’s becoming mine

Verses 7 to 11 are written, and …..May 2012 ….here they are …. but, still saving up Verse 11 for the next live performance …