SOLITUDE

SO SOLITUDE, SOLITUDE, WHERE AM I NOW?
HOW MANY YEARS WAS I UNDER YOUR BOUGH?
HOW MANY YEARS DID I SIT AND CONTEMPLATE?
WHAT WAS MY FUTURE, WHAT OF MY FATE?

I LISTENED,I LISTENDED, TO ALL YOU SAID,
I KEPT ALL THOSE WORDS INSIDE MY HEAD,
I LISTENED TO ADVICE OF RIGHT AND WRONG,
I LISTENED TO EVERY SINGLE SONG!

I LISTENED TO WORDS, WHAT DID THEY MEAN?
BECAUSE OF SOLITUDE , I HAVEN’T SEEN!
I LISTENED TO THE CHANTS, AND WONDERED WHY?
MAYBE THE REASON ‘I WAS SHY’!!

SO SOLITUDE, SOLITUDE , WHERE AM I NOW?
YOU GAVE ME THE TOOLS, I’LL WORK OUT HOW,
YOU TAUGHT ME SO MUCH SOLITUDE,
I DON’T MEAN TO BE RUDE, BUT IT’S TIME FOR FOOD!

MY FOOD WILL BE KNOWLEDGE, PEACE AND LOVE,
I’LL LOVE ALL CREATURES, ESPECIALLY THE DOVE,
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WISE ADVICE,
I HAVENT LEARN’T ALL, I’LL TRY TO BE NICE!!!

By JAMES MCATEAR