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| Dennis Waterman, actor, 1948-2022 |
RIP the Waterman
Dennis you weren’t bad
entertained the troops
now you’ve gone we're sad
punters too
as a semi-crook
or detective grouch
singer out of rock-
blues no slouch
latterly in old
trickster mode revived
cockney cop in mould
breaking style
could have strut the ring
stead of trod the boards
quick to take a swing
cuffing broads
though has no excuse
still to speak of crime
if you’ve told the truth
done your time
bu-bum
like punk rock
bad puns can't
be explained
Squire
how they work
snarking at
everything
drives
everyone
nuts you dig
no I told
you
so beware
British jokes
self destruct
shun
logic rhyme
reason with
single hand
claps
currant affairs
here’s your headline Son
singing Scarlet Town the maid
scoffs at everyone
no use being strong
she'd as soon you left so long
someone's right is wrong
let her cry those tears
shan't become her less when years
later no one cares
be yourself above
all but not too proud to love
everyone below
as the singer said
devil take the future when
time is everything
go Johnny go
actors shouldn’t hide
lose their crazy bastard lives
get control be wise
find another role
heroes have to quit the hole
call it rock'n'roll
Floyd put up The Wall
punk was young it had the ball
waning stars recall
sex & drugs divorce
chocolate factories & worse
students driving cars
many precedents
walk away the cookie says
play the gentle man
Elvis at Azovstal
Elvis hasn’t left the steel
plant induction furnaces
rolling mills annealing lines
rocks them all night
echoes through the works canteen
pounding down assembly halls
uproar at the nursery
clatter on wards
like a city ups its arms
when their football heroes score
or a population groans
hearing the news
Elvis dwells on steroids can’t
stop those lips or hippy shakes
forging sounds he croons with pride
Heartbreak Hotel
sure it’s lonely now the old
folks & kids have left no pain
killers when the hooters call
time he's on stage
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