MY WOLLEN TRUNKS

A week away at mas expense
Organised as it should
My woollen trunks and swimming cap
Fish and chips upon my lap

Ooh you look so good in your wooley trunks
They grow so big in the water
How are you today my love
I'm here with my son and daughter

I felt so thick everyone looked
My trunks now full of rubbish
I was so very hot I nearly cooked
My wooleys were now half up ish

Ma thought I looked really good
She asked folk if they liked them
Two or three Coke cans a small plank of wood
I won't do this again even if I could

Mothers are so well meaning
They think they know what's best
She really must be dreaming
A wooley trunks and vest

She took so many pictures
As proud as she could be
Hurting my fittings and fixtures
Its these Wookey trunks you see

Picking up all of the rubbish
Floating in the sea
Much of it in my trunks now
Why could she not see

This nightmare trip is over now
Did you have ball she said
Oh yea I had a ball ok
I think I've now got three

HIGHS AND LOWS

I'm down but smile I laugh so much
Screaming out for someone's touch
To tell me I'm ok
I'm light outside but feel so crushed within
Hard to find some words to tell
Depression and it's living hell
You won't know just what I feel
This hell inside is very real
To all the world you seem ok
You want no one to see
Your heart and mind in disarray
It just won't leave me be
To tell it all cannot be done
You will the pain to leave
You yearn so much to feel like fun
Drugs don't cure yes that's for sure
Will I live or will I die
Dead inside there is no high
Is this the time to say bye bye
But wait put aside all you hate
Give a thought to those who care
Why not talk and try to share
There are no words just love me please
I long to feel a loving squeeze
Love me please or I wil die
Even if you can't just try
It's only hope that gets you through
You just don't care what happens to you
No one gets it only you
Love me love me love me through

A BATTLE

On the street theres a dope with a rolled up smoke
Selling rubbish to our kids
It isnt so clever , they all end up beggers
Addicted to shite they all bought tonight
Their addiction will rule them no doubt
Prison will come and sure death to some
Believe me it gives you a fright
The people who sell it they know no fear
They destroy all the kids someone holds dear
Thyeve gone forever, To a world thats not clever
Beg steal or borrow to get hold of drugs
They just need their fix from the local drugs thug
Your life is now over
Pushed over a cliff it wrecks all their brains
No future in it, Lets get together and rid all our streets of it.
Are you ashamed of all that you do
I dont think so really, Do you ?
Well i mean its not about them its all about you.

MY IRISH DAD

After years of looking i found you
My long lost irish dad
After your leaving, I did not know what to do
Your leaving was very sad.

Those dads who just do not care
Make you feel excluded
An Irish accent made me stare
I need to be included

Ireland your homeland i scowered the place
Living in hope of finding you
Did anyone per chance know your face
Can you advise , What shall i do.

You did not die the way they said
You were very much alive
Killed at work, You were very dead
You ruined all our lives

As years have gone i think much more
Did you change ? No longer drink ?
Your beatings were harsh, Always so sore
Did you become a nicer dad, You seldom stopped to think.

Tracked down your folks, all Irish gems
They had not seen the side that was bad
Wonderful folks, So loving and warm
He was such a nice lad

I got the call announcing your death
I knew it deep inside
I wish id been at your last breath
Now with the Lord abide

I forgave all you had done
The violence, The fear, The pain
I want your heaven to be such fun
Forgiveness is our mutual gain.