A New Heart

I've been asked to write a song without a swear word or a slight At myself or another, for my mother for my bride A song that'll shine on my kids and theirs to come Something that'll love them and watch over when I'm gone To my ward, to my wheel-chair, to my runner's-up drip Will you push me will you pull when I'm too fat to see myâ?¦ Didn't I always tell you I'd stay for 2000 years? You'd better hope that science fiction doesn't have good ears You're rubbing on my genie hurry up and make a wish Quenched that thirst my bag is burst watch out for all myâ?¦ Flies trying to break in to my eyes like little rymes Of hatred trying to squeeze inside all these precious lines I see across to the hills and the bridge that wears the sun I remember how I feel when I know you're going to come Running up the stairway and through the front door Cook us dinner then we burst, take pictures on the floor Remember when I sing my songs that opposites attract That's why these shavings of despair come zooming to my heart For he is gold and magnet-red and beacon and a light I take these flies and pick them off and catalogue the night So put it in your eyes any way that you like I say the words and feel your heart when I lie awake at night I know sometimes I'm moody and you have to wear kid-gloves I'm trying hard to better myself I'm trying to rise above So I tried to write a song without a swear word or a slight At myself or another at my mother at my bride I almost got accosted by the good old negative And even when I'm screaming love I'm swearing that it isâ?¦ Shouldn't I just admit it that I've lost the race to lose Break the record in it's track and stop being confused A friend to my failures and a friend to myself Is what I'll be when I've fixed the roof and everything else. --- A New Heart - Malcolm Middleton