Misc Originals – Ben Marchant - Luggage (Guitar)

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Am I taking off in a Seven–Four-Seven?

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Or onto a park bench to sleep,

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Some people will hand me down their spare coins,

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While others, waste money on immaterial things.

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To see me in a suit and tie,

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That I used to wear nine-to-five,

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My cracked mirror is a glimpse,

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It’s the wilted man that I used to be.

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I do now see, in my tattered wallet,

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The pictures – when they were 3 and 5,

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The smiles see me through another day,

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I’ll fight to watch them strive.

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My luggage was carried,

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On my back,

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In my head,

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It weighed a tonne,

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But now I’ve killed my   bur--dens,

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Life’s now as light as a feather

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The kids and me, back together,

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The clouds now show to me the Sun,

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My secrets – I rarely tell……….

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In my head, the pain - has gone

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Fashion beards that some men wear,

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Grooming themselves for hours,

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Mine just looks like and old birds nest,

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Causing a rash, making me itch.

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So no longer am I in that suit and tie,

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Just my shirt, shorts and feeling the breeze,

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I’m now watching my children grow,

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This is where I am standing strong.

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From now on, I’ll never lie to myself,

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If something does go wrong

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When the clouds do gather in the sky,

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I’ll be out there, looking for my Sun to shine.