wild and wonderful by the almighty                                                                                                                                                                             

Aint got no troubles in my life - Kiki Dee 

I took this idea on board when it first came out in 1973 (?) ...... I thought it was a good idea then and I still do !!                                                                                                                                                                              

"When, when we were young, we had no history,So nothing to lose meant we could choose -Choose what we wanted thenWithout any fear or thought of revenge.But then you grew old and I lost my ambition,So I gained an addiction to drink and depression.{They are mine, my only true friendsAnd I'll keep them with me until the very end.}I'd choose not to remember, but I miss your arrogance,And I need your intelligence and your hate for authority.But now you're gone, I read it today -They found you in Spain, face down in the street,With a bottle in your hand and a wild smile on your face -And a knife in your backYou died in a foreign land and they found my letterRolled up in your pocket,Where I said I'd kill myself if she left me again.So now she's gone and you're both in my mind,I've got one thing to say before I am drunk again.Goddamn the sun.Goddamn the sun.Goddamn anyone that says a kind word.Goddamn the sun.Goddamn the sun.Goddamn the light -It shines and this world it shows.Goddamn the sun."                                                                                                                                                                             

"I Am What I Am"I am what I amI am my own special creationSo come take a lookGive me the hook or the ovationIt's my world that I want to have a little pride inMy world and it's not a place I have to hide inLife's not worth a damTill you can say, hey world, I am what I amI am what I amI don't want praise, I don't want pityI bang my own drumSome think it's noise, I think it's prettyAnd so what if I love each feather and each bangleWhy not try to see things from a different angleYour life is a shamTill you can shout out loud, I am what I amI am what I amAnd what I am needs no excusesI deal my own deckSometimes the ace, sometimes the deucesThere's one life and there's no return and no depositOne life so it's time to open up your closetLife's not worth a damTill you can say, hey world, I am what I am

                                                                                                                                                                             

Shed a tear 'cause I'm missin' youI'm still alright to smileGirl, I think about you every day nowWas a time when I wasn't sureBut you set my mind at easeThere is no doubt you're in my heart nowSaid woman take it slow, and it'll work itself out fineAll we need is just a little patienceSaid sugar make it slow and we'll come together fineAll we need is just a little patience (Patience)Mm, yeahI sit here on the stairs'Cause I'd rather be aloneIf I can't have you right now, I'll wait dearSometimes I get so tense but I can't speed up the timeBut you know love there's one more thing to considerSaid woman take it slow and things will be just fineYou and I'll just use a little patienceSaid sugar take the time 'cause the lights are shining brightYou and I've got what it takes to make itWe won't fake it, I'll never break it'Cause I can't take itLittle patience, mm yeah, mm yeahNeed a little patience, yeahJust a little patience, yeahSome more patience, yeah (I've been walking the streets at night, just trying to get it right)A little patience, yeah (Its hard to see with so many aroundYou know I don't like being stuck in the crowd)Could use some patience, yeah (And the streets don't change but maybe the names)(I ain't got time for the game 'cause I need you)Gotta have more patience, yeah (Yeah, yeah but I need you)All need some patience (Ooh I need you, whoa I need you)Just a little patience is all you need (Ooh, this time, ah)
                                                                                                                                                                             

there's only one way of life
 and that's your own
 that's your own
 that's your own

                                                                                                                                                                             

You came to me this morning
And you handled me like meat
You’d have to be a man to know
How good that feels, how sweet
My mirrored twin, my next of kin
I’d know you in my sleep
And who but you would take me in
A thousand kisses deep

I loved you when you opened like a
Lily to the heat
You see I’m just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet
Who loved you with his frozen love
His second hand physique
With all he is, and all he was
A thousand kisses deep

I know you had to lie to me
I know you had to cheat
To pose all hot and hide behind
The veils of sheer deceit
Our perfect porn aristocrat
So elegant and cheap
I’m old but I’m still into that
A thousand kisses deep

I’m good at love, I’m good at hate
It's in between I freeze
Been working out, but its too late
It’s been too late for years
But you look good, you really do
The pride of Boogie Street,
Somebody must have died for you
A thousand kisses deep

The autumn moved across your skin
Got something in my eye
A light that doesn’t need to live
And doesn’t need to die
A riddle in the book of love
Obscure and obsolete
Until witnessed here in time and blood
A thousand kisses deep

And I'm still working with the wine
Still dancing cheek to cheek
The band is playing Auld Lang Syne
But the heart will not retreat
I ran with Diz and Dante
I never had their sweep
But once or twice they let me play
A thousand kisses deep

I loved you when you opened
Like a lily to the heat
You see I'm just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet
But you don’t need to hear me now
And every word I speak
It counts against me anyhow
A thousand kisses deep                                                                                                                                                                             

Tyla - "... And my scars and bruises show I am Just what I am..." - I'm iI Love Again, Graveyard Of Empty Bottles
                                                                                                                                                                             

The mood I'm in it's got to be The Damned's "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"

I just can't be happy today
I just can't be happy todayA lot of you know there's nothing to smile
There's no feeling fine without being fined
It's a price on your head
No point being sad when justice is redI just can't be happy today
I just can't be happy todayThey're closing the schools
They're burning the books
The church is in ruinsThe priests hang on hooks
The radios on ice
The telly's been banned
The army's in power
The devil commandsIllegal to dance forbidden to cry
You do what you're told and never ask why
Ignore all those fools
They don't understand we make our own rulesI just can't be happy today
I just can't be happy todayI just can't be happy
Just can't be happy
Just can't be happy todayI just can't be happy
Just can't be happy
Just can't be happy today

                                                                                                                                                                             

I spend the night, yeah,
Lookin for my insides
In a hotel room, waiting for you
We're gonna make it tonight, yeah
Something in the air tells me the time is right
So we better get it on
DJ! Play a song for the lovers
Tonight...
Please! Play a song for the lovers
Tonight...

Richard Ashcroft

3 Shades of Black - Hank III                                                                                                                                                                             

Blue Oyster Cult ... Veteran of The Psychic Wars

 
https://youtu.be/jGKNaIXtBZQ                                                                                                                                                                              

...I'll remember you too clearly
But I'll survive another day
Conversations to share
When there's no one there
I'll imagine what you'd say

I'll see you in another life now, baby
I'll free you in my dreams
But when I reach across the galaxy
I will miss your company..

Rickie Lee Jones - Company
https://youtu.be/nG0zxxzvyYE

Had my tearful bit, over and done with.
Have both my kids home for Christmas (yay!), spent all day in the kitchen so far, so now its a bit of  Pharell Williams:)
..'cos I'm happy now...
                                                                                                                                                                             

The Who - Behind Blues Eyes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IirRKxYjjJQ                                                                                                                                                                             

Well here i am in the wind again
Floating where life takes me
Laughing and a Splashin' in the summer sun
Until the alarm clock wakes me
Then It's coffee and a kiss,and two cigarettes,
And back out in the cold,cold weather
Chasin' my dream,but i just can't seem to rub two coins together..........................................
Life Ain't Easy...Dr.Hook...lyrics Shel Silverstein

Alternative one....Lady Love...Robin Trower..:)>