![]() Learnt the tricks and took the chances, to shape what you became Learnt the art of making laughter, had them eating out your hand Then you signed up for the army, playing in the bandīore the hardships and the pleasures, in a foreign land Took a boat to Argentina, that sailed from Tiger Bay Walked to Wales to be a miner, and earn some honest payĪbandoned by a friend you trusted, he upped and ran away Learnt the tricks and took the chances, to keep yourself alive Rough living on the streets of London, struggling to survive No tenderness or toleration, and nothing else to sayĮxcept to strike with fists of anger, when you got in the way Your mother left in desperation, you still feel the painįather took himself to drinking, drowned his days away Raggy-arsed and baggy trousered, your brother just the same Reckless, looking for a way to make it backįlagrant, rules are there to be dispensed withīrazen, looking for a way to make it backīorn in sorry circumstances, with nothing to your name ![]() Reckless, hell on wheels and heaven sending Reckless, driving blind on a hairpin bend When the lies creep in and the trust is broken Stranded, looking for a way to make it back ![]() Stranded, set adrift from the things you crave
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