What have I done today? I washed my hair
And got lost in the shower and just stood there
Then I melted away in a comfortable chair
I’ll do better tomorrow I mean it I swear
I’ve got plenty of reasons to be proud of myself
Yeah but thinking of them makes me feel more unwell
So I’m trapped once again in an invisible cell
I promise tomorrow I’ll pretend that I’m well

It used to be I’d never roll before the sun went down
You’d never catch me on a toke unless I had the time
But now I seem to be a votary I’m solum bound
This is just another thing I’ve got to figure out

I could be waiting till I’m well, I could wait a while
This is getting out of hand this is every night
And in the morning I’m a shaky jakey bottom-line
A cup of coffee’s not a pick me up enough to smile

It’s my ball and I’m going home I’m not playing anymore
I’ll grab my stuff and leave, you know you made me bleed
I don’t care what the neighbours say I’m done for the day
You know you play too rough, enough is enough

To be honest I’m already gone I left long ago
Don’t mean I’m never coming home, oh I guess you never know
I may roll up unannounced in a brand new pair of kicks
The irk of all the other kids

But if you ever wanna talk when we’re all grown up
When we’re all grown up
And I can meet you off the bus
And fall heads o’er heels in love
Isn’t that a fun thought

I hurt and I ache and I bleed and I rot like the rest of you
I’m learning to swim but I’m drowning within like the rest of you
So if you’re going under, I’m going under too
Cause I’m falling apart and I know you’re falling apart too

I’m ready to stop but I keep giving up like the rest of you
I’m easy to please just a few more of these like the rest of you
So don’t say you’re doing better than me cause I know the truth
That I’m falling apart and I know you’re falling apart too

I’m good and I’m fine and I’m doing alright like the rest of you
I’m nervous of this and I’m anxious of that like the rest of you
I’m just carrying on and I don’t know what for like the rest of you
But I’m falling apart and I know you’re falling apart too
Yeah I’m falling apart and I know you’re falling apart too
I hurt and I ache and I bleed and I rot just like you

After crossing a palm with silver and gold
My young mother a future and fortune was told
It’s two sons you shall bear and two sons you’ll behold
And along came my brother and I

Well my brother was fat as they come when he arrived
And I barely a baby was modest in size
But I grew to be fatter than him over time
Ain’t that just like my brother and I

At the first hint of Spring I went out on a whim
And I raced my wee brother to the beach for a swim
How he ran down the stairs but I still did meet him
Ain’t that just like my brother and I

Then I took to the writing and the telling of tales
And he told a few tales of his own I should say
Till he took after me and excelled at the trade
Ain’t that just like my brother and I

I won’t turn away from you
Please don’t turn away from me
‘Cause we both are magnets
Pulled together but science
And if we turned around then
We’d be two negative ends
That just couldn’t coexist

I’ll try not to smother you
I’ll try as hard as I can
‘Cause you’re the fire and I’m the fuel
And according to combustion rules
If you feed a fire too much
The flames will wither into dust
And I won’t let that happen to us

If this reaches you at a bad time if it wakes you from your sleep
That would make me uneasy it would make me cagey
It would make me concerned it would make me fret over you
If this reaches you at a bad time, let me know
If this reaches you at a bad time, let me know

If this reaches you in a cheap hotel a hundred thousand miles from home
That would make me wonder if you need a friend
Or if you need a lover, if you need your father tonight
If this reaches you at a bad time, let me know
If this reaches you at a bad time, let me know

If this reaches you at a bad time if it causes you pain
That would make me feel guilty cause I’m just trying to help you
But I’m not really helping, am I just being selfish tonight
If this reaches you at a bad time, let me know
If this reaches you at a bad time, let me know

There’s monys a boy who’ll wa’k aroon wi monys a bonnie lass
Aye and monys a bonnie lass who’ll find a bairn at her breist

Hud ‘im doon, hud ‘im fast
Hud ‘im doon tae tarry-o
Hud ‘im till the morning and he will be a daddy-o

There’s monys a faither wa’king roond wi’ money in his purse
Aye and monys a faimly suffering the absent faithers curse

If monys a mither band thegither there’s mickle the canna dee
For a mither’ll tak a bairn on if the faither were to flee

Oh Whisky when will the government see
They can raise the taxes all they want
But they won’t get you away from me
Heeyoo! Whisky when will the government see
They can raise the taxes all they want
But they won’t get you away from me

John Barleycorn you’re gonna kill me oh you’re gonna get me shot
I didn’t turn up for work this morning no sir I did not
I was up till god knows when drinking with my oldest friend
John Barleycorn you’re gonna kill me

John Barleycorn why must you devastate my life
You took away my money and you took away my wife
You don’t try to stop me as I reach for the knife
John Barleycorn you’re gonna kill me

John Barleycorn you’re gonna rob me of all that I hold
You’re gonna rob me of silver, you’re gonna rob me of gold
If you leave me of anything just leave me with my soul
John Barleycorn you’re gonna rob me

If the mountain breaks away from underneath my feet
At least I can be sure it was god who defeated me
And if I reach the summit and lie down to relax
I can entertain the notion that someone had my back

And if you ever get blown off course don’t worry
It doesn’t mean that you’re lost
Too many people think the root of all their trouble
Is the route that they’re traveling on
And one of these days I’m sure you’ll look back
And wonder what the fuss was all for
So keep your foot on the road and keep trundling on

If the sky above should fall on me and crush me in my sleep
I will know that god has reaped the seeds that were always hers to reap
And if I float on high over buildings maybe I
Can consider for a second that there’s some magic in the sky

Never dull man, never a quiet life
How many people can say they’re doing it right, Not much I can tell you
To the rhythm of my own feet I sing my own wee song
How many people will say I’m doing it wrong, More than you’d think to be honest

Everyone we know, well they all seem to be doing well
Doing everything we ever wanted to know
While our smiles are strained and laughter won’t bury the pain
So we just hide ourselves away

Oh Hardship’ll happen
As it also will come to pass
But I miss light heartedness and oh I miss comfort
But the good times will come back around

So we’re taking it slowly, well I doubt we could take it any other way
The future is only the pursuit of a pipedream, the outcome of clinging to hope
Right now our aim is just to cope

Oh Hardship’ll happen
As it also will come to pass
But I miss light heartedness and oh I miss comfort
But the good times will come back around
I miss light heartedness and oh I miss comfort
But the good times will come back around

Home, home at last and all my memories are made of glass
Feeling lost for forever now
Bones stacked on bones and no one can ever know
Been alone for forever now

Time, Time is an old foe
Oh you move so slowly
All my life, such a rush, we’re never there
Even though all the others are

If you could only see me