posted February 03, 2021 12:32 AM            

THE PUZZLEMENT OF 28 IF

Alas and alack, alas and alack, what have we here?
Kiss a red carnation black - with one blue tear
Double, double, time-track trouble
pick a strawberry four-leaf clover
play it backwards, play it over

Don't cry little lass, don't cry
he's still alive - he didn't die
he's writing songs for three blind mice
and the farmer's wife

did you ever hear such a tale in your life?

Step aside girl, let him pass
walkin' barefoot in the grass
and Hey! Hey! Hey! Isn't it groovy, like
Christmas Day?
He's still around in London town
with the farmer's wife and three blind mice

Play it backwards, listen twice, three blind mice
then thank a song of sixpence if you're bright enough to see
bright enough to see ...

and Paul

Oh Paul, dear Paul, the gentle one
(see how they run, see how they run?)
sing your Noel song still sweetly

But do take care now, won't you Luv?
when they shove up close to hear you
please take caution and beware
of those flash bulbs poppin' near you

for 'tis written on an ancient scroll
that the eyes are the windows of the soul

See how they run
after Paul, the gentle one?
the eyes, ah yes! the eyes
are the windows of the soul

LINDA GOODMAN - VENUS TRINES AT MIDNIGHT