The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)Come on then Dealer, do what you’re paid to do, shuffle and deal from the top of the deck and give me the cards I’m due. Come on now Dealer, let’s get on with the game, win or lose I’m ready for joy or pain. I hope to start with a hand full of kings and […]
I went for a ride – on the back of my old blues harp. Chasin’ the blue notes, sevenths and sharps blowin’ the steel real hard. I went as low as it is to go and up so high I grazed the sky. All on the back of a beaten up old blues harp. I […]
I gotta pair of rabbits and a cat upstairs in the attic I can smell a rat That dirty little puss is no pet of mine she’s been scratchin’ ’round some other tree and doin’ two time You used to be my pretty little bird I loved ya like I loved my chihuahua but you’ve […]
This is a song lyric (verse, verse, chorus, verse, middle 8, verse, chorus.) A very early version in need of improvement is linked here…http://soundcloud.com/pete-akinwunmi/03-she-must-be-firm v1. Don’t wanna sweetheart, like the girl next door, Don’t wanna babe to love me evermore Don’t want a bimbo – that’s for sure… I want woman who will give me […]
We went walking just off the main road, ‘bout half a mile out of town. We went past the old skinnin’ yard With it’s buildings all fallen down. And the evening air was heavy with lilac The rays of the blood red sun did shine The river meandered by so slow I could have sworn […]
When my baby hits me I stand and take it like a man. When the lady hurts me I hide it from her’s best I can. When she said she was leavin’ I just made new plans. When she said she was leavin’ I just up and turned my back No time to spend a […]
I sailed out too far and ran aground ‘cos she looked like an angel and talked like a woman. I hit the rocks and my ship went down, I didn’t see the danger ‘cos I’m only human. She sailed me out to the middle of the ocean took me below and lay me down then […]
MASTERPIECE I know you are an artistThat your fingers are inspired.Your strokes pulse with madnessand shoot lightning bolts and fireYour portraits and landscapes. They dance before our eyes,starve the doubt and feed the faithfor those who can’t decide. It’s your life, your masterpiece. X 4your canvas, your colours, for you to paint.it’s your life, your […]
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)