Open Mic Week 12 - "Simple Simon" - original song by Andy Loughney

photo by @anarchrysalis of art by Frank Adams

Hey everyone, here is another original for you called Simple Simon.  Thanks for checking it out and thanks to those who support and facilitate this project!

Simple Simon

(A.Loughney)

I got wind in my eyes

I got hair on my brain

My name is Simple Simon

And I can’t believe the games you put me through

Put me through

Sometimes I show mercy and

Sometimes I take no prisoners

If you complicate my scenery

Then I do believe I won’t be hanging ‘round

Hanging around

I know it’s a simple plan

For a simple man

But enforcement is hard

When my guard is down

‘Cause I’m in love with you

Love with you

I got scars on my teeth

I got no one to blame

If your door is always open

Then how come I’m out here

Standing in the rain

In the rain

Sometimes I plead confusion and

Sometimes I just don’t give a damn

Some say it’s such a shame to be so simple

But it seems that’s how I am

How I am

I know it’s a crying shame

For me to ruin your game

So of course I’ll step back

Thought the lack of context

Skews it even more

Even more

I got dust in my tears

I got pockets of rot

You say that these are things that I should leave

But they’re the only ones I’ve got

Ones I’ve got

Sometimes you can find me and

Sometimes I am invisible

Like the clouds that always creeping

You might find me cloaked around a crescent moon

Crescent moon

I know it’s a risky move

With nothing left to prove

But the force of your stare

Makes it hard to care

That I’m in love with you

Love with you