Poet research - John Cooper Clark

I first heard about John cooper clark when i was in year 9, we had to do research on one of his poems called "I wonna be yours" and from then on i have loved him. He performed his poems live to audiences and made albums of them, some of them are songs/poems.

...the day the world stood still

deafening whispers loud and clear
the sound of nothing meets my ears
i get the message - i know the drill
this is the day the world stood still
 the day the world stood still 
o traffic noise or sparrows t
the day the world stood still
nrill from the dead flowers on the window sill 
irror stand and stare like i figure n
this is the day the world stood still  in the
mobody there time to spare time to kill this is the day the world stood still  
d to the overspill no trouble
the day the world stood still the day the world stood still from the undergrou
n not even at the mill this is the day the world stood still  specs of dirt and static flies 
orld stood still  the day the wor
in spacelike spots before my eyes a cup of coffee and a couple of pills this is the day the
wld stood still the day the world stood still the big freeze-up gimme a chill no sense in feeling ill 
helf i couldn't pay i had my fingers 
this is the day the world stood still  i got the whole town to myself i clear the drugstore shelf by
sin the till this is the day the world stood still  the day the world stood still the day the world stood still 
falling from the top of my voice i wre
drink and drugs and a thousand thrills from now on it's all downhill this is the day the world stood still  i'm
ck the vehicles of my choice a rolls-royce a coupe de ville this is the day the world stood still  the day the world stood still 
  i'm driving in a company ca
the day the world stood still the last train to clarkesville ran off the rails nobody killed this is the day the world stood stil
lr i'm jiving in the tango bar i'm dining at the luxury grill this is the day the world stood still  the day the world stood still 
still 
the day the world stood still no trouble not even at the mill at the end of the day i pay no bills this is the day the world stood
 

I wanna Be Yours...

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner

breathing in your dust

I wanna be your Ford Cortina

I will never rust

If you like your coffee hot

let me be your coffee pot

You call the shots

I wanna be yours

I wanna be your raincoat

for those frequent rainy days

I wanna be your dreamboat

when you want to sail away

Let me be your teddy bear

take me with you anywhere

I don’t care

I wanna be yours

I wanna be your electric meter

I will not run out

I wanna be the electric heater

you’ll get cold without

I wanna be your setting lotion

hold your hair in deep devotion

Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean

that’s how deep is my devotion

The one below is my favourite, although it has alot of swearing, i think it is really celver.

TWAT

Like a Night Club in the morning, you’re the bitter end.
Like a recently disinfected shit-house, you’re clean round the bend.
You give me the horrors
too bad to be true
All of my tomorrow’s
are lousy coz of you.
You put the Shat in Shatter
Put the Pain in Spain
Your germs are splattered about
Your face is just a stain
You’re certainly no raver, commonly known as a drag.
Do us all a favour, here... wear this polythene bag.
You’re like a dose of scabies,
I’ve got you under my skin.
You make life a fairy tale... Grimm!
People mention murder, the moment you arrive.
I’d consider killing you if I thought you were alive.
You’ve got this slippery quality,
it makes me think of phlegm,
and a dual personality
I hate both of them.
Your bad breath, vamps disease, destruction, and decay.
Please, please, please, please, take yourself away.
Like a death a birthday party,
you ruin all the fun.
Like a sucked and spat our smartie,
you’re no use to anyone.
Like the shadow of the guillotine
on a dead consumptive’s face.
Speaking as an outsider,
what do you think of the human race
You went to a progressive psychiatrist.
He recommended suicide...
before scratching your bad name off his list,
and pointing the way outside.
You hear laughter breaking through, it makes you want to fart.
You’re heading for a breakdown,
better pull yourself apart.
Your dirty name gets passed about when something goes amiss.
Your attitudes are platitudes,
just make me wanna piss.
What kind of creature bore you
Was is some kind of bat
They can’t find a good word for you,
but I can...
TWAT.

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• I dont want to be nice
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Here he comes now....

The fast fingers, the expert eyes

And the same old 'how'd you do'

Disgust is just his dumb disguise

He wants a word with you

His problems are the end

His mouth needs exercise

The last thing I need is another friend

I don't want to be nice

I don't want to be nice

I think it's clever to swear

Better seek some sound advice

Better look elsewhere

Your face is an obvious case

You shouldn't put it about

This is neither the time nor place

To sort these matters out

What you see is what you get

You only live twice

A friend in need is a friend in debt

I don't want to be nice

No we never met before

I'm very happy to say

Far from perfect strangers

I'd like to keep it that way

I'm not your psychoanalyst

I'd rather talk to mice

You're so easy to resist

I don't want to be nice

I don't want to be nice

I think it's clever to swear

Better seek some sound advice

Better look elsewhere

Your face is an obvious case

You shouldn't put it about

This is neither the time nor place

To sort these matters out

What you see is what you get

You only live twice

A friend in need is a friend in dept

I don't want to be nice