Salute

No-one to kiss goodnight or share your prayers Not even a light on at the top of the stairs Too often you’ve gone to bed hungry or didn’t even have a bed Can’t sleep for the nightmares inside of your head A cold and lonely young me sat wishing he were somewhere else And everyone I tried to reach out to laughed Cause they couldn’t give a f*ck that you need a little help Never had a dad through the vital years Developing a backlog of fears And couldn’t find a way to shed tears So you write shit down like I’m doing here One thing I know now, we’re not here for a long time And when you grow I swear little bro, you're gonna have a better life Every time I hurt inside, all I do is dream of you And I know I’ll be alright, I know that I’ll be safe tonight Every-time I’m feeling down, haunted by my memories I just look at where I am, and all the rest is history Alcohol, you know what I mean, should have left it alone It never helped my dreams Just dulled the pain made me forget, which then felt like it helped at first, but yet Further on down the road It took control and slowly dulled my soul so I could never be whole Not a doctor but I know, without these tunes I’d be in a six-foot hole I cried out for help and alcohol listened, but for far too long kept me imprisoned Wish I knew that back when I was younger Took the long road out to becoming stronger Stayed cool, got up and out but really who knew Knowledge is power stop playing the fool Share yourself with the world and the world will love you I promise you Every time I hurt inside, all I do is dream of you And I know I’ll be alright, I know that I’ll be safe tonight Every-time I’m feeling down, haunted by my memories I just look at where I am, and all the rest is history Soon your love grow, we’ll meet together then Prepare your greatest show, together on we’ll go Let go, move on, pass it on, Irish blood of an English son