Saturday Night

I’m with my girl on Saturday night

We drink too much and start to fight

She grabs her bag and leaves me there

I’m too drunk to think but I don’t care.

In the queue at the take-away

I close my eyes and begin to pray

Room spins round and I start to sway

The guy frowns and so I say:

I think I’ll have a beef Szechuan

I know I really should have a plan

But 48 with egg fried rice

And a glass o’ red sounds just nice

Walking home with the carry out

I see some yobs and they start to shout

I wonder how they all cope with life

When to me it’s just so much strife.

I’m gonna have my beef Szechuan

I know I really should have a plan

But 48 with egg fried rice

And a glass o’ red sounds just nice

Wandering home through littered streets

It’s not as though I’d ever meet

Another woman as good as you

But if I did what would I do?

We could always have a beef Szechuan

Maybe then I’d have a better plan

But 48 with egg fried rice

And a glass o’ red sounds just nice

I try calling you on the telephone

It rings for ever but I know you’re home

I go to bed and put out the light

It’s been a truly miserable night

I speak to God and apologise

I know he hates it when I tell those lies

I promise to be better if I can

And now I’m gonna lose my beef Szechuan.

I think I’ll have a beef Szechuan

I know I really should have a plan

But 48 with egg fried rice

And a glass o’ red sounds just nice.

The Tightrope of LIfe

I’m telling you straight
That this was my life.
I was living it scared
On the edge of a knife.
This was my life
And I wonder if you;
Are living the same
Balanced there too.
  
     On the tightrope of life
     I was frozen in space
     Too scared to move
     Just trapped in that place.
     On the tightrope of life
     Just glancing around
     I might look up but not down
     From the tightrope of life.

And then I heard
From out of the dross
About the man from above
Who died on the cross.
I’m not really sure
If I’m rich or I’m poor
I couldn’t have guessed
Now I couldn’t care less.

     On the tightrope of life
     Just balancing there
     I hadn’t a hope and
     I hadn’t a prayer
     On the tightrope of life
     Just glancing around
     I might look up but not down
     From the tightrope of life.

I’ve found the love of my life
He’s the man from above
He keeps me sane and
Surrounds me with love.
So now that I’m saved
I’d like to tell you
About the man from above
And the way that is true.

     On the tightrope of life
     I was frozen in space
     Too scared to move
     Just trapped in that place.
     On the tightrope of life
     Just glancing around
     I might look up but not down
     From the tightrope of life.

     On the tightrope of life
     Just balancing there
     I hadn’t a hope and
     I hadn’t a prayer
     On the tightrope of life
     Just glancing around
     I might look up but not down
     From the tightrope of life.