Ralph R. Risoli

Harrison, New York

Ralph is an avid lover of all kinds of music and a multi-talented musician. He has been playing guitar since the age of eight years old. Ralph writes songs, music and is listed in the International Registry for Guitar Teachers. He is also a graduate of Fairleigh Dickenson University at Rutherford, New Jersey (Class of '74). Ralph is delighted to be a member of the International Poetry Hall of Fame, and welcomes letters.

Music Man

Hey, Music Man, Music Man
Let me hear you play what you can,
When I hear you on the air,
I know when to pull up the chair.

Hey, Music Man, Hey, Music Man,
Play for us another good song again.
Let us hear those twanglin notes,
We need not take another road.

In the beginning of your song
I know it won't take too long,
Before it takes any of us to sing
Before any of us start in again.

At the end of our dreams
When we've seen what we need
Then we wait in silence for your word;
"Another word please," and you'll be heard.

When I was a rock star
I was just twiddlin my thumbs,
Now I'm doing country songs
Hey Lord, I'm touching the sun!

I Want To Play Guitar (but I keep falling asleep)

I want to play guitar, but
I keep falling asleep.
And when I open my eyes to begin,
I just keep falling asleep, falling asleep.

I dream of those sweet nights
When I practice playing, and the days.
And all the time I'm sleeping,
But I still remain,
Falling asleep, falling asleep.

Oh, I just remembered
Have to finish that song,
This time it's not Mozart, Beethoven
But something of my own,
And I am falling asleep.

And when the evening's end
I've played it all in my head,
Twenty new songs or more,
And still, I snore-
For I'm still falling asleep.
Ralph R. Risoli welcomes letters. Write to:
109 Halstead Ave. Apt 2R, Harrison, NY 10528

All poems Copyright © 1996 Ralph R. Risoli. All rights reserved.