Penang to Winchester [Poem set to music]
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 2021-10-14

Penang to Winchester

D/B C#/B C/B Em
Wake at 4, a shower and red LD
Fmaj7 G Am
in 10 minutes I'm packed all set to go
G D Em Bm
But King Kong's not due until six thirty
Em Bm Em D
So I'm fretting, checking lists and so
Em
anxious even valium can't shut me down.
A7 Em
Playing chess, gazing at the news and the sea, 
G A B7
praying my higher power will see me home
Em D C D Em
Because Hampshire's the place I want to be

To the airport, the very first to arrive
with only one guard and the halls all bare
dragging my luggage like I've a battery drive
Panicking over a form. hoping I'll be there
at the front of the queue when check-in opens
I smile at a Japanese couple behind me.
When Scoot check my ticket I'm in a state of suspense
But offer gratitude when the boarding pass I see

At Changi we're marched like a school parade
from Terminal 1 to the transit station
Twelve hours with nothing to do but wait
But I'm happy and chatting, full of elation
that little can stop my final departure
I can smoke and eat from a vending machine.
On the plane the staff feed me with nectar
I don't need any movies and sink into a dream

At Heathrow I'm full of anticipation
and worries about delays and quarantine
But in 5 minutes I'm sailing through immigration
And Wessex Cars are there to greet me like a queen
We chat about cricket and Inzamum Al Huq
and the petrol crisis all that's wrong in Britain
In an hour I'm at my door, so glad to be back
Drinking coffee, in a foam bath sitting


TJD 14/10/21