Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Alice Cooper said is best when he sang the song, “School’s Out for Summer.”  June is here, and its time to do things that you do not do while school is going on, like go on vacations and trave or have more time with your friends - all kinds of agenda changes.

The theme for the next three months at the World of Words by Elias Tobias is Summer of Fun.  Words and photos will illustrate this theme, and readers are invited to send their summer snapshots via e-mail with basic caption information, and published with the new Summer Snapshots logo at contact(at)eliastobias(dot)net.  Just have a Polaroid or a film camera?  Photos can be put on a CD or prints can be scanned. Also any summer videos sent to YouTube can be promoted  on this Web blog with the appropriate Internet link.  Of course, all photos should be of publishable content and quality.

Poetry First-Aid

Sometime the words don’t seem right, no matter how long you have thought about the feelings to be expressed in a poem, or you have not used the right tools to get the poem in a final form. Here is where I can help. With Poetry First Aid, a poem written by someone other than myself can be sumbitted to eliastobias2002(at)yahoo(dot)com to Poetry First Aid. I’ll work with the original text, help edit it to be a better poem, and the result may be a better poem.  The new poem belongs to the original writer, with all rights reserved.  It’s free.

Free, free, free, free, free

The World of Words by Elias Tobias has several free opportunities for its readers to become part of the web blog.  First, it is very easy to send a comment about any poem on the screen.  Go to the right side of the page and see link to the free open poetry forum for those those have poems to submit to others to read, or get a free poetry poster,  see links to other poetry Web sites, get free tips about how to get published,  take free poetry writing lessons.

Now it’s time to turn up the volume for for songs from the radio, as Poems of the Month.  If you are inspired to write some music for these lyrics, let me know at contact(at)eliastobias(dot)net.

 Poems of the Month

I’m Your Radio

Turn me on.  Tune me in.
Turn out the lights
and let the loving begin.
I’m your radio.  I’m your radio.

When I first saw your face,
I felt a tingle through my toes.
All it took was only one look,
and your eyes pierced my soul.
You didn’t have to say a word.
I could feel you read my mind.
You took my heart  away from me
and never said a line.
Put your arms around me, babe,
and hold on to me tight.
I never want to let you go.
I want to love you tonight.

Turn me on.  Tune me in.
Turn out the lights
and let the loving begin.
I’m your radio.  I’m your radio.

I know you have feelings for me,
enough to know more than you care.
How else can I make you see
there are secrets we can share?
My heart is for you to take.
You know I can’t  be refused,
or soon my heart will break.
I’ve been this way before, babe,
and maybe I’ll get hurt again.
Come through the open door
as a lover, not just a friend.

Turn me on.  Tune me in.
Turn out the lights
and let the loving begin.
I’m your radio.  I’m your radio.
Turn me on.  Tune me in.
Turn out the lights
and let the loving begin.
I’m your radio.  I’m your radio.

Blue Over You

You have left me, babe,
and now I’m blue.
You have gone away, oh,
and I am the fool.
Can’t sleep at night
‘Cause I’m thinking of you.
You have left me, babe,
and now I’m blue.

My shoes are tattered since
I’ve been walkin’ the streets.
The laces are worn and
the shoes fall from my feet.
Things haven’t  been right
since you left me last week.
You have left me, babe,
and now I’m blue.
You have gone away, oh,
and don’t know what to do.

My mind has been scattered,
and I can’t even think.
Dreams of us together are
forever down the sink.
Things haven’t  been right
since you left me last week.
You have left me, babe,
and now I’m blue.
You have gone away, oh,
and I am the fool.

My body has been shattered,
and my muscles are weak.
My heart is heavy, and I
can feel it skip a beat.
Things haven’t  been right
since you left me last week.
You have left me, babe,
and I’m the fool.
You have gone away, oh,
and I’m feelin’ blue.

My soul has been battered.
I  hate the mid-day heat.
The comfort of the cool
darkness is what I need.
Things haven’t  been right
since you left me last week.
You have left me, babe,
and I’m feelin’ blue.
You have gone away, oh,
and I’m the fool.

I’ve been tattered, shattered,
scattered and battered, and
I’m getting blue over you.
I’d like to see you soon.
Things haven’t  been right
since you left me last week.
Can’t sleep at night
‘Cause I’m thinking of you.
You have left me, babe,
and now I’m blue.
 

I Want You Back

Musical intro-variation of melody chords

Lead singer(LS) I won’t let go
Background Singer(BS) Oh no
LS: Even if you tell me so
BS: Won’t go
LS: because baby I know
BS: I know
LS:There will come a day
BS: One day
LS:When you will say
BS: you’ll say
LS: “Darling, I want you back!”
BS: I want you back

Chorus:
BS: Ba-bum, Ba-bum, Ba-bum
LS: I want you back.
BS: Today,today, today
LS: I want you to stay.
BS: Ring-a-ring-a-ring
LS: We will hear the bells
BS: I do, I do, I do
LS: on our wedding day.
LS: Until that time
BS:Tick-a-tock, tick-a-tock
LS:I’ll wait in line
BS: Wait in line
LS: For you to find
BS: you can find
LS: The words you will say
BS: You’ll say
LS: on the special day
BS: Special day
LS:”Honey, I want you back!”
BS: I want you back

Repeat chorus

LS: I won’t let go
BS: Oh no
LS: Even if you tell me so
BS: Won’t go
LS: because baby I know
BS: I know
LS:There will come a day
BS: One day
LS:When you will say
BS: you’ll say
LS: “Darling, I want you back!”
BS: I want you back

Instrumental bridge with guitar, piano, and trumpet or harmonica

sharing the melody. Bridge chords come back to chorus.

Chorus:
BS: Ba-bum, Ba-bum, Ba-bum
LS: I want you back.
BS: Today,today, today
LS: I want you to stay.
BS: Ring-a-ring-a-ring
LS: We will hear the bells
BS: I do, I do, I do
LS: on our wedding day.

repeat chorus until fade away