Bass stranglehold

I remember the first time
The first time I laid eyes on you
The first time I picked you up
The first time I held you
My fingers wrapped around your neck
Loosely at first
Then with a firm grasp
Feeling and fitting so nicely
My hand sliding effortlessly
Up and down
Your long slender neck
Each finger knowing exactly where to go
What to do
It was like magic
My ears smiled
As your low sensuous sounds filled the room
My chest vibrated
My heart danced
From that moment on
All my troubles
All my worries
All my aches and pains
Seemed to fade away
Further and further away
And each virginal sound
Random or intentional
Accidental or not
Became deliberate
The first time I saw you
You looked like all the rest
Just hanging around looking good
Trying to look your best
You’ve seen one you’ve seen them all
Or at least that’s what I thought
Until that day I was happy too
But the next day I was not
I was constantly thinking of you
And what we two could have
There’s nothing like your first one
You play with yours, I’ll play with mine
Play with what you have
Play all the time
There’s nothing better than the one you have
Until another comes along
I remember my first time
The first time I laid eyes on you
The first time I held you tight
My fingers wrapped around your neck
Loosely at first
Then with a firm grasp
Feeling and fitting so nicely
My hand sliding effortlessly
Up and down
Your long slender neck
Each finger knowing exactly
Where to go and what to do
It was like magic
The first time I laid eyes on you.

Play

If I had a gun
I’d throw it away
I’d pick up my guitar instead
And play
I’d play for peace
I’d play for fun
I’d play my guitar
But not a gun
Noise, noise, noise
I hear
I hear noise everywhere
And in both ears
The noise of cars driving by
Of planes soaring way up high
The sounds of kids playing in the park
The sound of a gun
A shot in the dark
Kids should be kids
And kids should have fun
Boys chasing girls
On the run
Kids need to learn to respect
One another
Not how to clean, load
Or shoot a gun
In the yard it stood
Where they used to play
I tore it down
Just the other day
It was a fort
A clubhouse
And so much more
Two windows
And our old screen door
The games they played were all in fun
But in today’s games the fun is done
The game’s called war
Take all their guns away
Lead by example
Show them what other things
They can play
Take all their guns
And throw them away
Pick up a guitar and play
Play for peace
Play for fun
Play for any reason
And with anyone
Just don’t play war
Or play with a gun