This is my entry for Songwriters competion week 3 sponsored by @meno as well as for Open Mic week 63 run by @luzcypher and @pfunk.
The theme this week is 'Stolen soul'. This really got me thinking, but eventually inspiration struck.
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If you don't know, HMV is a UK music shop and Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band were a comedy band of the 1960s who are still playing now and again.
Stolen Soul
I love to go to HMV and check out the new stuff
I like all kinds of music I just can't get enough
Soul can really move me, the voices and the rhythm
Like Marvin Gaye, Aretha you know I really dig'm
I know that stealing’s bad, but I haven't any money
To go without my music, it just wouldn't be too funny
So I grabbed a stack of disks and stashed them in my bag
I boldly walked out of the store with my bag of swag
Chorus
I got some stolen soul
and I also got some stolen rock and roll
I got some stolen prog
And a bit of stolen Bonzo Dog
I thought I'd got away with it and I would be home free
I didn't expect a visit from the local constabulary
I just sat and passed the time away listening to my tunes
I had no idea that what I'd done would come to haunt me soon
Chorus
My listening was interrupted by a banging on the door
I couldn't understand what what had caused this uproar
I opened up and found a policeman on my mat
He said please come along with me you naughty little chap
So now I'm sitting in this cell just staring at the walls
There isn't as much music as I like to recall
I wish I hadn't done it and that I was still out free
Prison really sucks and it's not the place for me
I had some stolen soul
and a bit of stolen rock and roll
I had some stolen prog
And a bit of stolen Bonzo Dog
I had some stolen soul
and a bit of stolen rock and roll
And I won’t steal no more
Cos I’m fed up of this locked door
I'll buy guitar picks for Steem Dollars
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