I said to my friend “It’s a funny old world”
He stopped crying and said “Yeah”
You know if we’re born without a smile
I wonder how we would fare?
Tag: poem
Boys and Soldiers – 5th March 1988
The boy watched the soldier
Said “Dad, that’s what I want to be”
The soldier shot his dad
And hate was all the boy could see
The boy grew to be a man
And a soldier he became
And he knew his enemy
And killed without any shame
Skate Or Die – 4th March 1988
Let’s get mean, let’s get rad
Join in with the latest fad
Skateboarding can be real good fun
Even though I haven’t got one
I say, skate or die
But I don’t know why
Tick, Tick, Ticking – 3rd March 1988
Mind working overtime
That buzz starts to whine
Fooling yourself you’re fine
Tick, tick, ticking
What did you say?
Found out one day
Didn’t mean it anyway
Tick, tick, ticking away
Like a bomb about to explode
Untapped potential you couldn’t hold
Follower of chaos uncontrolled
Tick, tick, ticking
Video – 1st March 1988
Ever get the feeling
Someone’s watching you
You’ve got to be careful
Just what you get up to
When you are old
And about to leave the show
You’ll be presented
With your life on video
Wouldn’t you know it
There’s just no time to watch it
You can die knowing
That they’re the ones who’ve got it
Remember the mistakes
Ahh, it’s all coming back
Oh, shit
27th Nov 2021 – Somewhat inspired by the nervous anticipation of being presented with a video of your whole life once you reach heaven, where you will be forced to analyse every single moment of your life. Or is it hell? Also a nod to Rudimentary Peni’s ‘Only Human’
Happy Smiling Faces – 28th February 1988
Beaming bright thru’ the dark of night
All right, all right, convinced of your might
Just like shite, you started a fight
A sorry sight, your flag turned to white
Out of spite, someone did you right
Now seven shades light, happy smiling faeces
Fishbowl – 27th February 1988
I’m inside looking out at you
I see you’re much bigger than me
You look pretty weird thru’ the glass
But that’s where I would like to be
I wanna be weird like the rest of you
So you won’t just treat me as a pet
I wanna feel important like you do
But I wonder how far you would get
In my world
More – 26th February 1988
The future is no mystery anymore
Cos nothing’s gonna change
I only wish that I could be sure
Why I feel so fuckin’ strange
They say life’s what you make it
But where do I start?
All I seem to do is break it
Until it all falls apart
There must be more, much more than this
Life must be more that just getting pissed
I got no answers for our sorry state
When the truth is known, it’ll be too late
Why must we be contented
To live with what we’ve got?
I wanna be presented
With the whole fuckin’ lot
Don’t wanna hear no history
Cos I haven’t got a clue
It’s just one big mystery
Which no one ever knew
Where do I start looking for
What I wanna hear?
And when I’ve heard it all
Will it confirm my fear?
Grown Up – 24th February 1988
You’re grown-up when you’ve turned
Into the people you watched when you were young
No matter how I old I am, I’ve learned
That my age is not going to ruin any of my fun
Kiss And Tell – 23rd February 1988
Everywhere you go people just look the same
An idea of sex is usually found in their name
What’s going on? Just tell me the score
You can’t tell the girls from the boys anymore
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