This is the website for the songs and lyrics of Alan Gentle.

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I've provided this site for current and prospective collaborators. There are a range of styles but if you can't find what you are after then get in touch and we can discuss writing a lyric to your needs. I can write to your music or provide a lyric for you to work with. I hope you enjoy the site. - Alan

On dandelions ... From the French "dent de lion", lit. "lion's tooth" (from its toothed leaves), transl. of M.L. dens leonis. Other folk names, like tell-time refer to the custom of telling the time by blowing the white seed (the number of puffs required to blow them all off supposedly being the number of the hour).

Dandelion seeds are carried away by the breeze. A strong wind can carry the seeds far away from the parent plant. And if that's not a nice metaphor for lyrics that go all round the world to turn into songs then I don't know what is...