The Suicide Tree

I know this tree..
I call it my Suicide Tree
It grows...in my neighbor's garden
This krazy tree
It bears such beautiful fruit
But her bounty is her burden
For then, her branches crack
She breaks her very back
It' seems she's tryin' to die by giving!

I know this race
I call it my suicide race
It's racing towards its ending.
This krazy race
It blights the beautiful face
of the Earth, which so needs mending.
Depletion, devastation on lands and seas...
Our population is a disease
We seal our fate the way we're living!

Can't we just slow down
and have one kid or less
It would be so simple
to get out of this mess...

(barbed-wire solo)

I know this...tree.


Words and Music by Suzy Williams c2017

























Your infinity focus
is some wild hocus-pocus.
It captured my heart

Your unique pixelations
are a fine concentration
of humor and art

This house of mirrors
perspective's new
and it's thrilling me
You have a video feedback
all your own

Your nouveau-gothic POV
is killing me and
Your magic lantern insight's
my new zone!

Yet, like a hand puppet shadow
your curious chiaroscuro
eclipses my mind

Your infinity focus
is some wild hocus-pocus

A toy mastermind
One of a kind
Oh what a find

Dig...
Infinity...
Focus.

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Scenes from the Movie of Our Love by Suzy Williams

A
The California Cliffs
Ornette's riffs

The shirt I'm fondest of

The ring we bought in Deadwood, South Dakota

The Runyan Canyon rain, Lemon Lane

Twin Palms swaying above

Scenes from the Movie of Our Love

A

The big folk-art windmills, the sandy hills

The barn, the mourning dove

The soundtrack that we played by Nina Rota

The wild laughing sprees, the redwood trees

The zinnia and fox-glove

All Scenes from the Movie of Our Love...

B (bridge)

I have a giant screen
and a projector in my mind
These technicolor scenes
I show them all the time...

A
And when I need a lift

My thoughts drift

to all of the above

I'm running Scenes from the Movie of Our Love

(Solo, repeat bridge and last A)

coda:
The technicolor... Cinerama... Million Dollar.... ZeffIrelli...
Oscar-winning... Movie of Our Love.

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Get Your Own Bad Habits by Suzy Williams

I went out dumpster divin'
For a good hat and a chair
but at my favorite dumpster
Your feets were in the air!

(Chorus)
Get your own bad habits
(Your own bad habits)-response
Your own bad habits
(Your own bad habits)
Get Your Own Bad Habits
And don't be glombin' on mine!

I pick up coarse expressions
From the north, east, west and south
No sooner do I use them
Then they comin' out your mouth!

(chorus)

I didn't mind so much when
You picked up my brand of beer
But oh i hate to see you
swingin' on my chandelier!

(chorus)

I walked into my bathroom
saw your annoying grin
sitting and relaxing
in my homemade bathtub gin!

(chorus)

With a salt shaker I can be
Liberal to a fault
But oh it makes me sick
To watch you put some food upon your salt!

(chorus)

I love my troglodytion
A computer I won't touch
But your pony express snail mail
Is really all too much!

I like to eat nasturtiums
and mushrooms off the lawn
But when I went out this morning
all that good stuff was GONE!!

(chorus)

I love my catterwaulin'
To me it just makes sense
But this town can't handle
Two calves bellerin' on a fence!

(chorus)

I'm proud my songwriting
That's why I think it's mean
That your latest song title is
"Get your own dubious routine"!

(chorus)

Don't Let's Start
by Suzy Williams ( copyright 2018)

(spoken)
"My dear, it seems we have come to a crossroads"...
(verse)
Let's just not and say we did
Not be so quick to feed our id
I don't have time to flip my lid
Please, baby pleeeease??
(verse)
Don't Let's Start
You know it's going to be messy
undignified and un-dressy
Don't Let's Start
Don't Let's Start
We'll be behaving so oddly
Exchanging fluids quite bodily!
Don't Lets Start!
(bridge)
All that falling on the floor
On the counter, 'gainst the door
After that, we'll both be sore!
Don't Let's Start!
Don't Lets Start
It's just gonna get corny
While that phase is so horny!
Don't Let's Start!!
(two verses instrumental, then back to bridge:)
All those hearts and valentines
The "i am yours and you are mines"
When we're apart, we'll whine and pine
No!! Don't Lets Start!!
Don't Let's Start
We'll get too sentimental
gooey and overly gentle
Don't Lets Start!
(start to slow down, just a little next A, then more and more rubato til end)
Don't Let's Start!
We'll go way past fraternal
I'm afraid it might get eternal
DLS, DLS
Because this might last forever
We'll never say "Never say never"
Don't Let's Start
and lookout, when we're old and grey
in each other's face all day
to care and keep the blues away
Oh God, PLEASE!
Don't Let's Start!

BRAVO
w: Suzy Williams m: Suzy Williams and Harry Delighter c 2007

My Attitude Is gratitude
And here's the reason why:
Once I couldn't see a moonbow or a sunset sky
But now my eyes are open
And I can finally see
And life's become so precious to me
(bridge)
The burning fire that I've been thru
has made me who I am
So i say "Bravo, Bravo Bravo!"
I have learned by getting burned just how to give a damn
Saying "Bravo, Bravo, Bravo"
(instrumental on A section, then repeat bridge)

Bravo to the Universe for making it worthwhile
Praises to the wisdom that has taught me how to smile
Opened up, I fill my cup
Toasting "Thank you, Ma'am"
Bravo Bravo Bravo
Bravo....Bravo... Bravo.

The Suicide Tree c. 2016 by Suzy Williams


I know this tree
I call it my Suicide Tree
It grows in my neighbor's garden
This crazy tree
I bears such beautiful fruit
Ah, but her bounty is her burden
For then, her branches crack
She breaks her very back
It seems she's trying to die by giving!

I know this race
I call it my suicide race
It's racing towards its ending
This crazy race
It blights the beautiful face
of the earth, which so needs mending
Depletion, devastation on lands and seas
Our population is a disease
We seal our fate the way we're living!

(bridge)
Can't we just slow down
and have one kid or less
It could be so simple
to get out of the mess...

(full chorus instrumental)

I know this...tree.