Song Description

From "Jumblies", a new musical by Matt Fletcher and Nicol Walsh

Lyrics

On the cliff top, Edward Lear's The Dong is still searching for his lost Jumbly girl


Always This Time Maybe Yes


Always this time maybe yes
Fills my mocking emptiness
Laughter echoing through the air
When I turn around - find no-one there

Always only. Sometimes when
Time kissed dreams jerk my heart again
Stardust flung from a distant place
Filters images of her shadowy face
But she's always out of reach.

Always nearly nextime No!
Seeking searching high and low
Day and night through the woods I rove
Have you seen her? Have you seen my love?

Let the angry breakers roar
I can never rest. No more!
Storm winds blow and thunder rage
Catch my mind up in your wild embrace
Scatter
SCATTER memories everywhere.

Let me forget the day we met
Let me forget
Forget you

Why did you have to pick on me?
Landing here from the western sea?
Did I ask you to come that day?
Did you tell me you were sailing away?

Oh I understand. Why bother telling me?
I was just your love
What did I matter at all?

It doesn't matter

Nothing matters.

Far and Few far and few
are the lands where the jumblies live
And they went to sea in a sieve they did
they went to sea in a sieve [ Lear ]

Remember me? It's the Dong?

I played your chorus. I gave you rhythm
And you didn't find anybody play like me. And you didn't
You never said you were sailing away
Though I played your music night and day
I played the best and you never said thanks
You could have said Thanks

I was so happy before we met
You stole that away.
So just let me forget

FORGET

Have you seen her? Have you seen my love?

Let the angry breakers roar
I can never rest. No more!
Storm winds blow and thunder rage
Catch my mind up in your wild embrace
Scatter
SCATTER memories everywhere.