Parents - Budgie

When I was a little boy

They would say to me

Don’t go in the world and play

It’s bad company

All they had was child and faith

Let him grow and let him wait

Just to find out what it was to be free

But now I’m over twenty one

Growing up I’ve had my fun

And I know it’s got to be

Baby lying in a womb

Are you free or in a tomb

Let me in

I feel I want to cry

Oh the road is there

Oh the road is there

Come on back, back

Wash your hands and up to bed

Mind your manners

Or you’re dead

Mind the cars cos you’ve got school on Monday

Put my trust in God

Who is he I know not what

Something mummy said to me one Sunday

Maybe love is life but life is not

Something I need plenty of

Oh!

I wish I’d never lived a day

Now there’s no one near me now

Tell me what to do and how

Take me let me sing my cares away

Oh!

the road is there

Oh that road is there

Come on back, back

Wash your hands and up to bed

Mind your manners

Or you’re dead

Mind the cars cos you’ve got school on Monday

Black is black and white is white

Which to choose and which is right

Guide me to a place where I’ll stay

Wrap me up and keep me warm

Hide myself far from the storm

Sleep and love will keep my mind at rest

Only now I realise what my parents had to try

Love you all and keep you all my life

Oh that road is there

Oh the road is there

Come on back, back