David Roe: The Music

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PJ McKenny was my friend and teacher. She, and her lists, will not be forgotten.

Queen of Lists

I know she’s out there right now looking at her list,
Thinking, “Is there anyone or anything I might have missed?”
Some fairy godmother or goddess uninvited and forgotten?
Someone left out there, mooning for the misbegotten?
She’s made her list, She’s checking it again,
Hovering over us like an old mother hen.

Chorus: There are Lists for shopping, Lists for a song
Lists to remember, and help things move along
Lesson plans for life; A Sequence of events
Whether you’re living in high rises, mansions, or tents
First, do no harm, then, get out of your head.
Save The Whales, Save The Earth, or Jack, we’re all dead
Vote often and early, replace your cant’s with To Dos
Do something nice for someone. What can you lose?

Like Sondheim and Shwartz, Rodgers, Hart and Porter,
Gilbert, Dylan, and Sullivan, not necessarily in that order
From The Begats and Let’s Do It, and My Favorite Things
To the12 days of Christmas, and the five golden rings
It starts with a list, and ends with a tune
Stuck in your head, like moon, spoon June croon


Chorus: There are Lists for shopping, Lists for a song
Lists to remember, and help things move along
Lesson plans for life; A Sequence of events
Whether you’re living in high rises, mansions, or tents
First, do no harm, then, get out of your head.
Save The Whales, Save The Earth, or Jack, we’re all dead
Vote often and early, replace your cant’s with To Dos
Do something nice for someone. What can you lose?

Yes, every project, plan, story, poem and song,
that starts with a list will rarely go wrong.
Its all night sessions and late night calls
Early morning cigarettes and bouncing ideas off the walls
Prior planning makes for a perfect partee,
And every great feast begins with a greater recipe.


And every line, every line, every line, every line,
MUST rhyme
Internally, Infernally, Eternally, Shamelessly
In hexodiagonalpandemicsonnetameter time


Chorus: There are Lists for shopping, Lists for a song
Lists to remember, and help things move along
Lesson plans for life; A Sequence of events
Whether you’re living in high rises, mansions, or tents
First, do no harm, then, get out of your head.
Save The Whales, Save The Earth, or Jack, we’re all dead
Vote often and early, replace your cant’s with To Dos
Do something nice for someone. What can you lose?

She’s handing out job cards to devils and Gods,
And planning the angel’s talent show. What are the odds?
She’s the top, she’s a tower of pizza boxes,
She’s Single Malt Scotch. No make it Jim Beam On the rockses.
Now, get out there, you’ll have to start your own list
Lesson learned. Class Dismissed

Chorus: There are Lists for shopping, Lists for a song
Lists to remember, and help things move along
Lesson plans for life; A Sequence of events
Whether you’re living in high rises, mansions, or tents
First, do no harm, then, get out of your head.
Save The Whales, Save The Earth, or Jack, we’re all dead
Vote often and early, replace your cant’s with To Dos
Do something nice for someone. What can you lose?