17. Starting Over

Sky people
lock it in the cupboard,
watch shadows rot
plastic time images.

They stroll in Central Park
hand in hand. Two Flowers
living a reality together,
breathing a dream:
Summer 1980.

Dakota Days,
folding nappies, baking loaves of bread,
spinning laughter records:
The black vinyl discs of the Heart.

Rock and roll again:
He shakes a bottle of comeback champagne,
bubbling family and happiness messages.

A pudgy face and vacant stare.
Stranger firing from shadows,
clutching a 'Double Fantasy' LP
smashes the silence.

Fans at the Dakota
bring single flowers,
pin little love notes to the wall,
sing in union,
hold up pictures beside
flickering flames in hands cupped together.

Matthew Street, Cavern Club:
"Four Lads who shook the world".

Dusk spilling grey, shadowy blood
dripping over New York,
trapping the world
in scattered confusion.
Cold cotton ball clouds
falling gently
and stretching back to Liverpool.



Next: 18. Believing in Yesterday

Introduction


1. Liverpool Days


2. Come Together


3. Stepping Out


4. Rock and Roll Music


5. A Hard Days Night


6. HELP


7. Good Day Sunshine


8. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band


9. Hey Jude


10. Long and Winding Road


11. Let it be


12. Tomorrow Never Knows


13. Wing Commander


14. Dark Horse


15. Acting Naturally


16. Imagine


17. Starting Over


18. Believing in Yesterday


Chronology


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