Author: Frank Solanki

Making the world a better place one poem at a time.

We Didn’t Start The Fire: A Football Edition

~ Frank Solanki ~ 2 Comments

This is a complete cover of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire. Last week I put a short cover out and I thought I’d top that one now. With so many controversies surrounding the beautiful game recently, I felt it was apt to make this song solely about it rather than global issues/affairs. Initially I was hesitant because I thought I would run out of ideas to put in the lyrics but it turned out not to be the case. In fact I had a lot of fun doing the lyrics. The lyrics are mentioned in the video’s description. As you will notice, the names/events mentioned in the song relate mostly to the 21st century; that is the period during which I have personally experienced and enjoyed football. So head over to youtube and enjoy the video! Waiting to hear your response.

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Wailing Son

~ Frank Solanki ~ 4 Comments

Morning, day and night
He wails, wails, wails
To try and keep him quiet
My wife fails, fails, fails

Let me help — I say
I try, try try
At the end of the day
I too cry, cry, cry

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Did We Start The Fire? (A short cover of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire)

~ Frank Solanki ~ 33 Comments

Donald Trump, Zuckerberg
Osama and Thunberg
Barack, Iraq
Emoticons
Memes, Putin, Tesla
Ghosting, LOL, Ebola
Hawking, Rowling
Tech unicorns
European politics
Superleague and Netflix
Tinder, Twitter
Corona strain
Cryptowallets, blockchain
Fake news campaign
Climate change, Instagram
Trouble in Ukraine

Did we start the fire?
Was it always burning
Since the world’s been turning?
Did we start the fire?
Did we help to light it
Or we tried to fight it?

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A Question For Q

~ Frank Solanki ~ 30 Comments

Hey, I have a question, Q
Why do you always hang around U?
Have you no identity of your own?
Are you afraid of being alone?

Waq away from this dependency
Map your own qourse and be
A qeeper of your own qompany
I’m sure you’d liqe what you see

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The Sound Of Sunrise

~ Frank Solanki ~ 26 Comments

The sun awoke the earth from its deep slumber
With its bright blaze radiating far and wide
Filling colours where things were once dark and grim
A sparrow left her nest on a sycamore in search for food
Leaving her three fledglings chirping incessantly
A white butterfly fluttered around in search of new friends
The bees buzzed, made honey, and discussed politics
I breathed in the morning air and watched the squirrels scurrying in the wet, green grass

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Affinity

~ Frank Solanki ~ 9 Comments

To say that you are as bright
As the stars in the sky
Would be a lie; would be a lie
You are far more brighter
Than any star above
My dear Love; my dear Love

To say that I have missed you
For a hundred years
Is lie to your ears; to your ears
I have yearned for you madly
With my heart’s affinity
For infinity; for infinity

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My Brain Is My God

~ Frank Solanki ~ 21 Comments

I see the world through it
It helps me interpret it

It lives inside of me, guides me
Shows me what is right and wrong
Leads me to the chosen path

It handles tasks I am incapable of
Digests my food
Regulates my temperature
Circulates my blood
It takes care of me

It knows all that I have ever done
Everything that I have ever seen
Heard, smelled or spoken
Every good deed and bad
Every mistake and achievement
Every joy and every pain
It remains by my side

Without it I am nothing
With it I come into existence

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to the tune of Oasis’s Live Forever

~ Frank Solanki ~ 3 Comments

Really, I would do anything for you
You know I would really do
Because I can’t think straight
Baby, did you ever hear a doubt
When I am about
Let me put it straight

Baby I would never leave
Bring you joy you best believe
I would never say goodbye
I would never hide or lie
I think you’re the same as me
I think we are meant to be
You and I are gonna be together

Really, I would do anything for you
You know I would really do
Because I can’t think straight
Baby, did you ever hear a doubt
When I am about
Let me put it straight

Look at me and you will see
All the love I hold for thee
You know our love would never die
Spread your wings and start to fly
If you’d only just believe
Everything we can achieve
You and I are gonna be together

Gonna be together
Gonna be together
We’re gonna be together
We’re gonna be together
We’re gonna be together
We’re gonna be together

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Before The Rains Came

~ Frank Solanki ~ 21 Comments

Before the rains came, we prayed
All day long, afraid
If we’d done wrong, we played
Chants and holy songs, we made
Your home where we belong, prepared
Special food and water, we paid
Handsomely at the altar, we stayed
With our sons and daughters, obeyed
Every law and order, we prayed
Till the rains came

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I Still Love You

~ Frank Solanki ~ 38 Comments

We’ve had our laughs, but more frowns
We’ve had our ups, but more downs
We’ve had our highs, but more lows
But I still love you, everybody knows

We’ve had good, but more bad days
We won’t last, everybody says
So much more we have to face
But I still love you, in all the ways

I still love you, I still love you
And always I will love you

Everybody warns me, but I listen not
Everybody’s wrong, so I don’t give a thought
All their talks keep falling flat
I still love you, trust me on that

I still love you, I still love you
And always I will love you

All the signs are big and red
But I don’t let it go to my head
For I know that I have you
I still love you, will always do

I still love you, I still love you
And always I will love you