Grief Eyes - Hak Baker

Wonder what the blind see behind closed eyes

Can they see the planets and can they see the skies?

Held back my tears, couldn’t let him see me cry

My mate George is going through such a hard time

I’m talking about the lads, talking about the boys

Those were the best days, livin' unemployed

Runnin' round the East End screaming «oi, oi, oi»

Hope this bad luck ain’t left lad’s soul destroyed

I know my mate George is blinded by grief

I know my mate Charlie can’t find no peace

I know my mate George is hidin' his grief

I look up in their eyes, I see no surprise

I know my mate George, he can’t find no peace

I know my mate Charlie can’t get to sleep

I know my mate George splits, heart is in pieces

I look up in their eyes, I see what’s behind

Broke both his feet

He didn’t land so neat

See him climbin' up the stairs using his knees

Looked in his eyes, he didn’t seem complete

Come 'round his gaff to remind him he’s a G

Couple’a rums and coke to put us at ease

Lads unite every time at Tom’s, we’re never street

Went to the pub, hugged my mate Charlie B

Then I hugged his cousin, that’s 10 to the dozen

Mental complexities, anxieties

I know my mate George spit, can’t find no peace

I know my mate Charlie’s hidin' his grief

And I send my love out to my mate Eugene

He just lost his big brother, out to his family

You’ll see a sea of lads at his funeral scene

Listening to Fleetwood Mac, listening to «Dreams»

Fun that only happens when it’s raining, you see

I know my mate George is blinded by grief

I know my mate Charlie can’t find no peace

I know my mate George spits, hidin' his grief

I look up in their eyes, I see no surprise

I know my mate George, he can’t find no peace

I know my mate Charlie can’t get to sleep

I know my mate George spits, heart is in pieces

I look up in their eyes, I see what’s behind

See your sad faces

Lads tryna find love or figured out where they misplaced it

For seven years, the heartache’s been painted on my mates' faces

I guess they feel tainted

And they didn’t despise the place they’re situated

'Cause after our knees up, I guess we feel jaded

Ritchie’s not well, I guess we gotta face it

Lads are so full up, and fed up of heartache

I know my mate George is blinded by grief

I know my mate Charlie can’t find no peace

I know my mate George spits, hidin' his grief

(Heart is in pieces, I look in their eyes, I see what’s behind)

I know my mate George, he can’t find no peace

I know my mate Charlie can’t get to sleep

I know my mate George spits, heart is in pieces

I look up in their eyes, I see no surprise

I know my mate George is blinded by grief

I know my mate Charlie can’t find no peace

I know my mate George spits, hidin' his grief

I look up in their eyes, I see what’s behind