Laughter at My Window: A Book of Songs and Song Poems

Blake Parker

Trafford Publishing, May 16, 2011 - Performing Arts - 300 pages

This is a collection of Blake Parkers songs. Blake was a spoken word artist, performance poet, writer, lecturer, graphic designer, multi media artist and collaborator, known for his improvisation and evocative voice. As a teenager in the 50s, Blake was strongly influenced by the Beat poets who came before him. His lively, experimental spoken word projects reflect a mature yet quirky genre that is one of the predecessors of todays rap and hip hop. As part of the populist spoken word movement, his work aspires to an integration of high art & low entertainment. Blake worked with many musicians using his words and voice as instrument. At home, Blake played guitar, mostly the blues, constantly making up songs which were rarely part of his performance poetry. There were many variations and improvisations, the music was fluid and only some had more fixed ideas with chords. During the last years with a terminal diagnosis, Blake started to collate the songs, in hopes that other musicians and singers would keep them in the world. Blake Parkers blues, country and gospel songs are a mixture of profound, inspiring, and humorous lyrics ready to be put to music and sung. Check his website www.blakeparker.ca

Contents

• Laughter at my window: 1
• Crazy Dreamer: 2
• Crazy Dreams: 3
• Pretty lady: 4
• Leaving Toronto: 5
• This Song: 6
• The Lovers No 6 in the Tarot deck: 7
• Words: 8
• the moon the towers: 9
• The Tree: 10
• Takes: 11
• Thats just how it is sometimes: 12
• Strung Out: 13
• A vision: 14
• Some kind of God: 15
• A Railroad affair: 16
• Just Like Home: 17
• Sunset at the Plaza: 19
• Crazy Tree: 20
• The Beast: 21
• Sitting on a Hill: 22
• Memories: 23
• November: 24
• Contradictions: 25
• the real and the ideal: 26
• Seat on the edge: 27
• Blues: 28
• Blue: 29
• Alien Blues: 30
• A Blues or D The Fixer: 31
• Anytime is the right time: 32
• A Brand New Day: 33
• Youre just local colour babe: 34
• I tried to make you mine: 35
• Dont mistake the stone for the beach: 36
• Dont Go Crying: 37
• Saw Her Dancing: 38
• Nice Day it if doesnt Rain: 39
• Sleepy Time: 40
• Run of the Mill: 41
• Youll wear a red hat: 43
• Going for a ride: 44
• Old John: 45
• Feel like Travelling: 47
• The Wind feeds the flame: 48
• The Spirit Arbitrary: 49
• A Crying Shame: 50
• Vandalize Blues: 51
• G Blues: 52
• Gotta big fat Momma: 53
• Momma gonna make it all OK: 54
• Back Road Woman: 55
• This song called Momma dont take me too far down: 56
• Mable True Love: 57
• A Song for the Holy Smokes Dirge Band: 58
• One of them blues: 59
• Glitter City Blues: 61
• Morning Blues: 62
• Love you Love you Love you: 63
• Love you more: 64
• Country vision: 65
• Down on the Boardwalk: 66
• Moon Cycle: 68
• Story Time: 69
• The Dream: 71
• Separation Blues: 72
• This aint the first time Blues: 73
• A Blues: 74
• Tar Baby: 75
• And that aint all: 76
• G7 Blues: 77
• The Heart: 78
• The Crux of the matter: 79
• White Clouds on a Dusty Summer Sky: 80
• Falling in Love: 81
• Got a Ringing in my Ears: 82
• Sittin by my window: 83
• Talking to the gods of rain: 84
• 3 Headed Dog: 85
• Advertisement: 87
• Over the Hill: 88
• Morning: 90
• I would love you forever: 91
• Little song: 93
• This Time: 94
• Eddys Place: 96
• Sometimes you just dont know: 98
• Dont need to worry when youre dead: 100
• The boy from away: 102
• Meet me over there: 103
• The secret stairway down to the secret train: 105
• First Love Ride Around: 106
• It all gets Personal: 108
• Dream Song: 111
• Easy Street: 112
• Got to go back to the Money Tree: 116
• Hard Times: 117
• Blind Houses: 120
• Aint No Cure: 122
• The Lost Street: 123
• The Death of a Bird: 125
• A Tall Tale: 126
• Im gonna throw myself away: 128
• Imagine: 129
• Were born alone: 130
• Obedient Woman: 131
• Im still the one for you: 132
• How long baby how long: 133
• A Burning Bird: 135
• Yellow Bird: 136
• Nostalgia for the lost City: 137
• Palace of Illusion: 139
• Aint it Great to be Rich: 142
• Breaking Free: 144
• A woman I used to know: 145
• Jackie: 146
• Sometimes: 147
• Baby: 149
• Rules of the Game: 150
• Power Glory: 152
• Witchcraft Girls Werewolf Boys: 153
• Gold Digger: 155
• Pretty People: 156
• Sweet 17: 157
• Muddy Water: 158
• Street song: 159
• Sweet Temptation: 160
• Eliza Lou: 161
• Momma Give: 163
• I like my chicken: 164
• Out at the Edge of the Pages: 165
• Its not a Question: 166
• dont mention it dont even start: 168
• The Prince of Dreams: 169
• The Party: 170
• The Dream: 171
• Mist Myth Memoria: 173
• House of Broken Dreams: 174
• I get carried away: 176
• Hey I just want to be true: 177
• Gospel Song heard outside a basement window: 178
• Thats what they say: 180
• They Say: 182
• When Death Peeks in the Window: 187
• Story: 188
• Aint no cover story: 189
• Ghetto Head: 190
• Buzz Buzz: 192
• She was a tall drink of water: 193
• Expectant mother: 194
• Youve got winter: 195
• A House Called Woman: 196
• Same Day Conversion: 197
• Shiny Day: 199
• The Flame: 200
• No worries no fear: 201
• Just Got to Get Up Go: 203
• When youre dead: 204
• Blind Luck: 205
• Falling in Love: 206
• Opened up my Eyes: 207
• Waiting in the Wings: 208
• My Rainy Day: 209
• Dream Song: 210
• Questions: 211
• Dont Listen to the Devil: 213
• Just running through my changes: 214
• Let it Ride: 216
• The traveler the emptyhanded guest: 217
• Love is a word: 218
• Fairy story: 220
• Time: 221
• Its about Time: 222
• The Old Place: 224
• Dont you Wish: 225
• Rainy Day: 227
• If you dont do it right the first time: 228
• You got to make yourself up: 230
• I weep for you: 233
• Im the Jinx: 234
• Save it for Later: 236
• Big Hat: 237
• Luck: 239
• Got to Roll with the Punches: 240
• The Message: 243
• Have Mercy: 246
• The Weary Traveler: 247
• Here we go again: 249
• A Simple Question: 250
• Song: 252
• Walking in the Graveyard: 253
• Run Away Join the Circus: 254
• I get carried away: 255
• The Magical Hare: 256
• Fly Away: 258
• Big Joe Lucifer telling stories: 259
• Natural Born: 261
• Blues blues blues Exit 22: 262
• Highway song: 264
• Lucky Numbers: 265
• Memory Numbers: 266
• Hard Times: 268
• Breaking Free: 269
• I am Cyborg: 270
• Im just an awkward Song: 272
• Slaves of Freedom: 273
• I need Information: 275
• Sometimes life sucks sometimes it rocks: 276
• Gospel song words: 278
• the rain: 280

About the author

Blake Parker was a spoken word performance poet, multi media artist and collaborator, known for his improvisation and evocative voice. Blake was a graphic designer of therapeutic communication games, and a faculty member at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, lecturing on psychoanalysis, research, symbolic interpretation and cross-cultural orientations to healing.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Laughter at My Window: A Book of Songs and Song Poems
• Author: Blake Parker
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing, 2011
• ISBN: 1426964757, 9781426964756
• Length: 300 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / General