Tom Jones still singing and he’s 80
That good-looking Welsh boy
Going strong
Why not retired with his feet up?
Got to keep on going
Sing a song
It’s his life
What he’s good at
Always singing
More into lyrics
Not as loud
And the adrenaline
Rush with an audience
Drives him
An addict for a crowd
I remember listening to him
In Machynlleth
There I was a painting job to do
Redemptorists had a house there
Travelling Mission
Tim and I commissioned
Painting crew
Fifty years and more
And he’s still going
Well so am I
Still writing as I do
You keep on singing
Tommy boyo
I’ll keep on writing
‘Cause I have to!
Brian Fahy
20 May 2021
Erris Poetry 