I'm a travelling adventurer, a journeyman of kind
And I'd like to tell you about a place I visited, if y'all wouldn't mind
I could tell you tales from every corner of the land
But looking, I can tell you people aren't ones for stories of rivers and sand
No. I think more to your taste... Yes, definitely,... In all my travels, the best bar I've ever seen!
A place grand and cosy, yet always clean.
Always an armchair to sink into at the end of a long day
Off the beaten track, yet not too far out the way
Yet I'm missing a major point. It has the best drink you'll ever face
Where the alcohol is so amazing, its even to my delicate taste
The beer, you'll revere
The ale, you'll hail,
The wine, is fine
And if you don't get there quick, its mine
Not that theres any race.
Its a sedate pub, with many an old face
Theres no loud mouth drunks. No fights outside
Its a place all the inhabitants drink with pride.
In fact, let me tell you some advice heyo gave me
And this is all advice that was given most sagely
I went up to the guy at the bar, his head in a drink
It looked like, if he stooped much lower, he'd start to sink
So with all, politeness, I enquired his name
"I have none" he growled "Oh, what a shame
But do you not have a label, used by those who know you best"
"I had one" he replied "I now use it only in jest
So let me give you advice, my brand new acquaintance
You can't escape the past, no matter how much you give your memory maintenance
Better to embrace your mistakes, forgive wherever you can
Before its too late, and you become a shell of a man"
Now this was a tad depressing, but I accepted its truth
So I thanked him and searched for others under this roof
For one with a bit more humour in his tone
And I saw a guy smiling to himself, though he was alone
So I went and asked "Whats the reason for cheer"
And he looked me straight in the eye and said "Just being here
Just being and alive in a healthy state
And the friends whom I've been blessed to know by fate
To know I've got people who'll look out for me, if I'm feeling down
Man, thats enough to make me never want to frown
And I'd like to tell you about a place I visited, if y'all wouldn't mind
I could tell you tales from every corner of the land
But looking, I can tell you people aren't ones for stories of rivers and sand
No. I think more to your taste... Yes, definitely,... In all my travels, the best bar I've ever seen!
A place grand and cosy, yet always clean.
Always an armchair to sink into at the end of a long day
Off the beaten track, yet not too far out the way
Yet I'm missing a major point. It has the best drink you'll ever face
Where the alcohol is so amazing, its even to my delicate taste
The beer, you'll revere
The ale, you'll hail,
The wine, is fine
And if you don't get there quick, its mine
Not that theres any race.
Its a sedate pub, with many an old face
Theres no loud mouth drunks. No fights outside
Its a place all the inhabitants drink with pride.
In fact, let me tell you some advice heyo gave me
And this is all advice that was given most sagely
I went up to the guy at the bar, his head in a drink
It looked like, if he stooped much lower, he'd start to sink
So with all, politeness, I enquired his name
"I have none" he growled "Oh, what a shame
But do you not have a label, used by those who know you best"
"I had one" he replied "I now use it only in jest
So let me give you advice, my brand new acquaintance
You can't escape the past, no matter how much you give your memory maintenance
Better to embrace your mistakes, forgive wherever you can
Before its too late, and you become a shell of a man"
Now this was a tad depressing, but I accepted its truth
So I thanked him and searched for others under this roof
For one with a bit more humour in his tone
And I saw a guy smiling to himself, though he was alone
So I went and asked "Whats the reason for cheer"
And he looked me straight in the eye and said "Just being here
Just being and alive in a healthy state
And the friends whom I've been blessed to know by fate
To know I've got people who'll look out for me, if I'm feeling down
Man, thats enough to make me never want to frown
I'm trying to make sure I've archived my pre-2013 poems. This was uploaded in 2025. I'm not fully sure it's complete, but here it is anyway :)
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