From the recording Honesty and Chocolate
The title track - a phrase coined by my wonderful friend Jenny Hawke to describe our relationship - the phrase has stayed with me for over 30 years - sadly neither Jenny nor her husband Peter ever got to hear it. Sundays with Pete and Jenny - and later on their children - were special times…
Lyrics
Honesty and Chocolate, Sundays by the fire
Sharing what we love about ourselves
For the benefit of all that we desire
Honesty and Chocolate, Sipping at our tea
Laughing at our foibles when we can
Knowing just enough to put us at our ease
Honesty can test us to destruction if we’re rash
And shatter all that’s gold
Honesty is not the only policy to hold
Chocolate’s a sensuous temptation to the taste
A pleasure every piece
But chocolate’s no substitution for release – for release
Honesty and Chocolate, put the world to rights
Arguments in ignorance for fun
As we struggled to reclaim out inner light
Honesty and Chocolate. Slowly disappears
Nothing lasts forever in our fields.
As we drain the cup of kindness with our years
Honesty and Chocolate