....And they all lived happily ever after

That's the only way to begin
My sleeve-notes on this incredible new album
By The Moody Blues

I think it is.....
Go...
I think it is to be...
Now...
...Their best...
...Go!
...Yet!.
Yet,
There is no such best as best-to-come.
At best,
You're not ashamed to let your-time-best
Go spinning around
Relentlessly ever after...
...Until the sounds of
Last life's loves
Submerge
Beneath the dirt
Between the grooves.

And after? Happily...
...I too live upon The Threshold of a Dream,
and have no plans to move.
Perhaps that's why the Moodies knew
Exactly where to find be
When they needed words of
Identification
On the cover of their owning-up

So own up, Lionel!
Put the record on again,
And own up
Just exactly where the magic takes you
This time.

I think...... I think I love The Moody Blues.
I think...... I think they turn me on...
I think...... I'll end these sleeve-notes here and now
And start a brand new masterpiece...... or something.
I think...... I think I'd like to know what you think.

So...
1... 2... 3... Go!

(You may well say that's no way to end
A piece, a story, sleeve-notes,
Call it what you will But look!
There's no results in art, or life.
Only beginnings.
The Moody Blues and their Producer,
Tony Clarke,
Are six of the World's best beginners.
In my opinion. And yes,
I'm grateful that I live
In the same Universe
At the same time.)

Which brings me to
What better ending than...

Once upon a time...

Lionel Bart.