BACK IN HOSPITAL FOR NOW...
WELCOME BACK TOMMY TOM
SAID SOME THINGS THAT WERE WRONG
THOUGHTS NOT ACTIONS THERE IS A DISTINCTION I KNOW
I'M JUST LETTING GO OF ALL WHO HAVE THREATENED ME, NO?
MADE ME FEEL UNSAFE FOR THE VERY LAST TIME
I'M AGAIN DOWN TO MY VERY LAST DIME
THE NURSES HERE ARE TOP NOTCH I BELIEVE
ALL MY MENTAL EXHAUSTION THEY'LL HELP RELIEVE
BEEN CONTROLLED FOR FAR TOO LONG
BY THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE TO SOME OF THEM
RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND THEIR BEND
I DIDN'T MEAN A SINGLE THING I SAID
JUST OTHERS WHO CHOSE TO BE READ
THERE'S A FAR CRY BETWEEN WORDS AND ACTION
BEEN ALIVE 27 YEARS SO I WROTE THAT FACTION
IT'S CALLED SELF-CONTROL FOR THOSE WHO KNOW NOT
JUST NEED MY COFFEE ALONG WITH THEIR TEA POT
MY CREATIVITY I HAVE JUST RE-LOCATED IN THE RECENT
THEY'LL ALL SEE SOON I HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT DECENT
JUST DISHING OUT VERBALLY WHAT I'VE COPPED FIRST
CAN THEY MAKE THEIR OWN ANGER GO IN REVERSE
CALM I AM AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN SO
UNTIL MY BLOOD RELATIVES AREN'T RUNNING THEIR SHOW
THIS IS ALL MY SHOW THEY'LL ALL SOON SEE
ONCE THEY REMOVE FROM THEIR EYES THAT BIG TREE
MEANWHILE THEY'LL TRY AND TELL YOU HOW TO HEAL
WALKING AWAY WITH A SMILE 'COZ THEY CONTROL YOUR FEEL
BUT LITTLE DO THEY KNOW WHEN TURNING YOUR OWN CORNER NOW
THEY DIDN'T HEAR A THING IN THEIR MINDS THEY JUST BOW
TO THE ONE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE LISTENING
WHILE THE TRUE AT HEART CONTINUE THEIR GLISTENING
I KNOW WHO I AM AND SO DO MY REAL FAMILY TOO
THEY'RE MY FRIENDS THICKER THAN BLOOD FOR YOU
AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO GETS A 5TH CHANCE
TO VENT HEALTHILY WHILST WAITING FOR ROMANCE
YOU SEE MY MAN'S NUMBER WAS STOLEN FROM ME
SO CALL HIM I CANNOT I SUPPOSE IT'S A TEASE
FOR ALL THE CONTROL FREAKS WHO KEPT US APART
TRIED TO TREAT ME LIKE A MUSHROOM IN THE DARK
FEED ME ALL YOUR BULLSHIT I'M SURE TO GROW
BECAUSE UNLIKE THEM I JUST KNOW WHAT I KNOW
THEY'RE SO FILLED WITH SO MUCH DOUBT
SO FOR THEM THEY'RE ON THE ROUND-A-BOUT
I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE AND NOT GOING BACK
I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED SO HOW ABOUT THAT?
MY INNOCENCE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN
WHILST STILL AFFORDING THEM DISDAIN
FOR ALL THEIR DOWNFALLS AND THEIR LIES
THEY WEAR ONE OF THE BEST DISGUISE
FOOL EVERYONE ELSE THEY MIGHT JUST DO
BUT NEVER ME I'M TOO SWITCHED ON TO YOU
I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT JUST WHERE IT IS NOW
NOW IT'S TRUTH'S TURN TO TAKE A BOW
Tommy Luca$$$ tommylucas66@gmail.com
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