Just because I was hating,
Secretly seething and baiting.
No-one knows what the big deal is,
When I'm alone sick n naked.
So I got to find a way,
A better way, a healthy way.
Got to find a way a better way,
Some other day, another day.
When I was a lover,
There were always others.
Girls and barmaids everywhere,
For a life without self care.
I got to find a way,
A better way, a clever way.
I got to find a way.
A nicer way, a different day.
When I was a fighter,
I'd burn candle wax with lighters.
Dripping wax on fingers,
Licking blood off fingers.
I got to find a way,
A better way, a better way.
I got to find a way.
A nicer way, some other day.
When I was a loser,
I was a locked up bruiser.
Fighting cops in high streets,
Waking up in beds with new meets.
I got to find a way,
A better way, a better way.
I got to find a way.
A finer way, but on another day.
When I was forced on the sick,
Life was boring as shit.
Hated way people got funny,
When I asked for money.
We got to find a way,
A better way, for a better day.
We need to find a way.
All of us need, a better day.
Freedom is like a flower,
Blooming to speak truth to power.
Never let them cage you for speaking,
This life aint meant for weaklings.
We got to find a day,
When we say, what we want to say.
Got to find a way to fight to say,
No Twitter cancel sway.
We got to find a way,
A freedom day, no backing away,
We got to find a way, don't let them say,
What we are not allowed to say.
So we got to find a way,
A better way, a better way,
Got to find a way, a clever way,
No fighting today.
Got to find a way, a better way, now today.
Got to find a way, a better way, now today.
Got to find a way, a better way, now today.
Got to find a way, a better way, now today.
(repeats until almost a scream)
© 2022 All Rights Reserved Robert Reid
This Song was also published on the Mary Frances Trust website > https://www.maryfrancestrust.org.uk/movember-song-got-to-find-a-way/
As well as on their Twitter account > https://twitter.com/MaryFrancesTrst/status/1592168577624584197
Our 3rd Movember blog is a song called "Got To Find A Way" & written by Robert from our Creative Writing Group about struggles of a life without self-care & trying to find a healthier way of dealing with hurt by opening up and saying what you want to say: https://t.co/xCY1zC4Q92 pic.twitter.com/diJQvuquLa
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That is brilliant, Rob. Do you have a tune in mind?
ReplyDeleteWell not really, maybe a bit like one of Nirvana's songs, the verses are almost spoken "When, I, was, a, duh, duh" etc then the choruses are faster n get faster n faster until at the end he is screaming. That is how I imagined it in my head anyway.
ReplyDeleteLove this! Really uplifting in your gritty style.
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