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    The Complete Poems, Rants, & Lyrics of Tom Harker, "Ukulele Man": Illustrations by M.H. Israel
    The Complete Poems, Rants, & Lyrics of Tom Harker, "Ukulele Man": Illustrations by M.H. Israel
    The Complete Poems, Rants, & Lyrics of Tom Harker, "Ukulele Man": Illustrations by M.H. Israel
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    The Complete Poems, Rants, & Lyrics of Tom Harker, "Ukulele Man": Illustrations by M.H. Israel

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    The complete, creative works of a lifetime: 87 Lyrics and 47 Poems. This is Singer/Songwriter/ Poet Tom Harker’s “magnum opus,” seasoned generously with the magnificent art of M.H. Israel. You’ll find wisdom, wit, fun and foolishness, love, despair, hope, anger, kindness, and satire in his work - and every lyric has a video link.
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    Release dateOct 24, 2013
    ISBN9781483514062
    The Complete Poems, Rants, & Lyrics of Tom Harker, "Ukulele Man": Illustrations by M.H. Israel

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      The Complete Poems, Rants, & Lyrics of Tom Harker, "Ukulele Man" - Tom Harker

      ISBN: 9781483514062

      About This Book

      Included for your perusal are 41 poems, 88 lyrics, 5 prose pieces you might call rants, and 49 illustrations. This constitutes my complete literary output and a small part of M.H. Israel’s prolific collection.

      Each lyric is accompanied by a link to a performance of the song, and I have included end notes for items whenever I thought comments might be relevant. You will also find brief bios of the author and the illustrator.

      Thirty of my songs, along with their chord charts and video links, are also available as an e-book: Ukulele Man’s Song Book.

      And here are some of my influences:

      Dad, Big Billy Goat Gruff, Mom, Horton, Hippity Hop Bunny, Captain Video, Howdy Doody, Pinky Lee, Captain Kangaroo, Scrooge McDuck, Sister Ann Mary, Alfred E. Newman, Mark Twain, Li’l Abner, Tarzan, Uncle Vern, Turok Son of Stone, Aunt Sis, Laurel & Hardy, Hank, Sally Flowers, Soupy Sales, The Kingston Trio, The Mouseketeers, Pete Seeger, Little Richard, Ed Sullivan, Elvis, Sherlock Holmes, Chuck Berry, the Plymouth, Honorable Ball Peen Man, Woody Guthrie, Edgar Rice Burroughs, the Beatles, Edgar Allen Poe, Dylan, Brown Eyed Girl, Inherit The Wind, Herman’s Hermits, Herman Melville, the DeSoto, the Temple of Psychic Prophecy, The Monkees, the Jones-Lawrence Memorial Award, Don Quixote, Indian Ike, Twilight Zone, MLK, The Conqueror Worm, Star Trek, Malcolm X, Robert Frost, Dr. Strangelove, Venice, The Rolling Stones, Fellini, Ozymandias, Don McLean, Edvard Munch, Animal Farm, Al Crapp, the TR3, Emily Dickinson, Kung Fu, T.S. Elliot, The Crucible, e.e. cummings, Leaves of Grass, Jung, Steven Crane, the Bug, Brave New World, Carlos Castenada, Eldorado, Bob & George, New Orleans, Joe Cocker, Sondra, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Kenny Sparky Mona and Ray, John Lennon, Café Du Monde, San Francisco, The X-Files, Waiting for Godot, Oscar Wilde, the Redwoods, The Simpsons, Manhattan, the Eldorado.

      I’ve Never Been to Stuckey’s

      Well, I’m goin’ down the highway goin’ my way

      Goin’ nowhere, goin’ fast; oh you gotta be so strong

      To keep on keeping on down the highway of life.

      And the wheels go round and round and round

      And they never touch the ground, the ground

      Spinnin’ nowhere, spinnin’ fast.

      But I know I’m gonna get there, somewhere, if only I can last

      On the highway of life.

      I’m goin’ down the highway goin’ my way,

      Goin’ nowhere goin’ fast; oh, put the pedal to the metal,

      You know somebody’s gonna try and pass

      On the highway of life.

      Look there’s a Stuckey’s

      Maybe we should stop and get a pecan log

      Nah, we got time. We’ve got lots of time.

      There’ll be another Stuckey’s down the road.

      We’ve got time; you can cut it with a knife

      On the highway of life

      And the hotrod comes out of nowhere

      Goin’ nowhere, goin’ nowhere, goin’ fast,

      Oh, he hangs there on your bumper

      Then he blows out, around, and past

      Down the highway of life.

      And he’s goin’ nowhere, goin’ nowhere, goin’ nowhere

      Goin’ nowhere, just like you and me,

      But he thinks that when he gets there, he’ll be young, tan, and free

      On the highway of life.

      Oh Look! There’s another Stuckey’s!

      Two Stuckey’s have emerged in a mellow mood,

      And I, sad that I could not travel there,

      Oh, I took the road more traveled by,

      And I don’t think it’s made a damned bit of difference

      On the highway of life.

      Oh, I’m goin’ down that highway goin’ my way

      Goin’ nowhere, goin’ fast; you gotta be so strong

      To keep on keeping on down the highway of life.

      But I know I’m gonna get there, somewhere

      With the wind blowin’ through my hair

      On the highway of life.

      La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alFso8JMJg

      Bird Man

      Traveling in a foreign land

      I came across

      an old

      Bird Man

      Who took me in

      to his humble home

      where with his birds he lived alone.

      And all that evening his cottage rang

      While the birds sat listening and the Old Man Sang.

      His song was as strong as an Eagle’s cry

      As mournful as the gray Dove’s sigh

      Hypnotic like the great Owl’s stare

      Haunting as the Loon’s fanfare

      And the listening birds added not one note

      To the song that flew from Human throat.

      On and on throughout the night

      The Old Man spread his voice in flight

      Until, near dawn, he did alight

      and smiled at me, that Wren-ish sprite

      With wizened face but sparkling eyes

      Who suddenly

      to my surprise

      Hopped ‘cross his well-worn, littered floor

      And opened wide his chamber door.

      Then the birds

      – as men leave church –

      Arose as one from off their perch

      And through the door into the sky

      to fly to soar

      Burst through the door to fly, to soar.

      And then I saw it

      ( a simple thing ) :

      Free birds fly; we caged birds sing.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4VP_V207-I

      Gemini

      Gemini has two faces

      With opposing views

      (sometimes they make the

      effort to commune)

      Mostly

      One makes demands, and

      The other makes amends

      (neither will let the other rest)

      Indeed !

      One sees what gods see, and

      The other mourns humanity.

      And whenever

      (on those notable occasions)

      They turn inward upon themselves

      To kiss,

      They bite instead.

      Crazy Old World

      It’s a crazy old world

      As crazy as it can be

      If you don’t think so,

      Just take a look at me.

      It’s a crazy old world

      I know it’s true

      If you don’t think so,

      Just take a look at you.

      I’m just sittin’ on the world

      And watchin’ it go round.

      Just sittin’ on the world

      Tryin’ to keep my feet on the ground.

      I’m just sittin’ on the world

      And watchin’ it spin

      Just sittin’ on the world

      And tryin’ hard to win.

      But I’m goin’ away

      Yes, I’m leavin’ today

      Yes, I’m goin’ away

      ‘Cause there’s nothin’ left to say

      It’s a crazy old world

      As crazy as it can be.

      It killed the Romans once

      And now it’s killin’ me

      I’m just sittin’ on the world

      Watchin’ the wheels go round

      Just watchin’ ‘em spin

      until I leave this town.

      And I’m goin’ a way

      Yes, I’m leavin’ today

      Yes, I’m goin’ away

      ‘Cause there’s nothin’ left to say.

      It’s a crazy old world

      It’s a crazy old world

      It’s a crazy old world

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRxohfzcxU

      Two Trees

      Two trees lived in the meadow

      All alone together

      And they loved the world

      And shared their treasures

      With the boys and girls

      And men and women

      who passed their way.

      And while the boys and girls

      And men and women

      Passed along their own way,

      Two trees lived in the meadow

      All alone together.

      Wonderful Child

      I used to be such a wonderful child

      Where am I now?

      All grown up and runnin’ wild

      Where am I now?

      Well, I’ve been to the river

      and I’ve been baptized

      Ate from the tree and I opened my eyes

      Oh, I used to be such a wonderful child.

      Where am I now?

      Does it matter, do you care

      That I’m getting’ tattered and showin’ wear

      Oh, I used to be such a wonderful child.

      Where am I now?

      I look to see what’s become of me

      I don’t see real clear

      Look and see what’s become of me

      Can you help me, my Dear?

      I’ve been to the river and I’ve been baptized

      Ate from the tree and I opened my eyes

      Oh, I used to be such a wonderful child.

      Where am I now?

      Where am I now?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KXClgerou0

      Lazy Boy

      My reclining chair broke his hip last week,

      and being as he was old and had seen better days

      that was it.

      No sense in reconstructive surgery.

      Tuesday he goes to the curb,

      to await the undertaker,

      with nothing to look forward to but

      the resurrection of the upholstery.

      "Remember chair that thou art dust

      and to dust thou shalt return."

      It hurts, what with

      all those years of intimacy,

      to send him away, but what could I do?

      I ache,

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