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TF not only do Echolyn sound great great to see guys who look like they have haircuts that most of my  buddies around my part of the woods have.     

I also have just  listened  to and watched Nightwish as I havent checked into this weekly chordie post for a couple of weeks and missed your post last week love their Celtic sound.
TF thank you for your regular post it helps to make chordie a good place to visit.
Unfortunately I am very erratic in my computer use.

Sorry to hear of the loss of your musical brother, Zurf and friend in life. The good memories will live on.There are times when we all  wish we could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away. I have the feeling that if we did that, the precious joy would be gone  from those special  memories of those intense and important times shared with dear friends and loved ones who have passed on before us. God bless your buddy for being a good friend. When you play a song he will be still there in your heart.     

I always liked Tom Jones cover of Tower Of Song more than the  Leonard Cohen original'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWiPFT0v2c

TF that is a brilliant music cave My score for your music room ten out ten. That would be a nice addition in my house.     

Jim, the answer to your question. Richmond Park still has its deer and Chestnut trees plus other sorts of trees and wild life. They close the park every now and then to do a cull of the deer as it is on 5000 acres and can only sustain a certain number of deer. It is not hard to spot deer while in the park and also there is an abundance of Chestnut trees..The park was about ten minutes walk from where we lived. It is surrounded by a big brick wall and fences with a road that goes though the centre of it. We would walk around the park on a nice day and have driven through it also. It is policed by the Royal Parks Constabulary.  In the park there is also ponds, sports fields and buildings of interest. It also a place where people ride horses , play sport and go on pushbike rides. The road through the middle is only opened at certain times and has a twenty mile speed limit. Summertime is the best time to visit the park. I will attach a eleven minute video which shows a good chunk of what  the Richmond area has to offer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eq27pCna28

Good song Phill I have left a message on Soundcloud.     

Excellent country song Phill and Jim.     

Cheers guys thank you for educating me. Up until now I didn’t know about Steve Marriott I have just finished reading about him and watching a doco about him on youtube. Very interesting and a very sad end.
My fathers parents Nan and Grandpah when I was young  on many a Friday night would have a knees up at their house. Being typical cockneys at every party they would sing old time songs plus a few new ones. Hard Days Night by the Beatles was always a new one they like to sing. I remember my Nan getting all excited when she heard Lazy Sunday on the radio. They learnt the lyrics for songs by listening to records until they eventually managed to get a song sheet with the right words as sometimes they misheard lyrics. Nan and Grandpah favourite  lines from Lazy Sunday was

Gor blimey hello Mrs Jones, how's your Bert's lumbago? (mustn't grumble)
I'll sing you a song with no words and no tune
To sing in your khazi while you suss out the moon, oh yeah!

Nan and Granpah loved it.  Sometimes as a result of that song when my Grandad needed to spend a penny he would say “Im going to the Khazi to suss out the moon.”

One thing I havent seen used for years is the use of a talk box like the one Peter Frampton used. Does anyone use them today????     

Wow Jim love your song lyrics about a place with good memories for me.  For just under two years,1985 to 1986  Maree and I lived in a place called Ham which is very close to Richmond Park a beautiful scenic place. We were fortunate enough to live on the grounds of Manor House in the old Mews Cottage flat which were originally horse stables. The grounds were walled with high security. Next door to us lived the gardener in the gardeners cottage. Across the driveway was the big Manor House where our wealthy landlord lived. Down in the basement the old jail cells were still there as in the old days the Lord Of The Manor used to be  the law enforcer of the area. Back in history Manor House was owned by the Earl of Dysart, who also  owned nearby Ham House, which is a place where tourists visit.   Around the area are church graveyards  which have some famous people buried there such as Captain Vancouver which Canadains would know. The Manor House in Ham Street where we used to live can be found online. Being close to the river Thames with Twickenham on the other side of the river and Richmond a short walk down the road we were spoilt for choice. A short ferry ride up the river took us to Hampton Court Palace. We could also catch the ferry down to central London or by catching a train could be in in central London in half an hour. Celebrity spotting is a bit of a Richmond and surrounding areas sport . Mick Jagger, Pete Townsend, and many other celebs lived in the area. Plenty of good pubs around also with good food at reasonable prices. London restaurants in our time were very expensive but it might be different now. Though the area was full of posers you also met many good sorts.     

TF,  thank you for your feedback. I love songs that have analogies between animals and humans. I guess over the centuries all around the world  different cultures have a story telling  tradition of parallels between nature in the wild  and human life. The mental state, attitude, perception of the human experience told by using animal references as a parable on life.  I love the way you wrote "noodles in the soup of humanity".
I must have a listen to Passion Play. I remember Jethro Tull put out a song “Bungle in the Jungle” In that song it had some good lyric lines such as,
Well, I'm a tiger when I want love
And I'm a snake if we disagree
And somewhere else in the song, he who made kittens put snakes in the grass.

Keepitreal,   thank you I am glad some of the words resonate

CG,   Carolyn Wonderland she is on fire great choice.     

Phill you got my poem one hundred percent and my weird satire. I was unsure if anyone would get it and you hit the nail perfectly on the head. As with modern heads of state,Shakespeare wrote “the danger comes when their subjects fear to speak truth to power, when they are surrounded by flatterers. “Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.”

Cheers Jim, That it is a good way to throw a subtle wobbly at your players without showing frustration or letting them know that you are calling them Wallys when rarking them up.