Welly Boots

Awake, awake you children bold

Take hold of all your books and fold

The corners, they warned us

A storm is coming on

What do you mean you've lost

Your scarlet welly boots, do ya know what they cost?

Wear a raincoat or it'll soak you to the bone

What's it like, the children ask?

It's just like falling snow, I am above you

And I love you, don't you know

That I'll be with you all along, as long as you are kind

To those who are not strong and cannot find their scarlet welly boots

'Cause when it's cold

I'll wrap my scarf around you

And when it's hard

I'll place your head into my hands

And when you scream that it's not fair

It's like I've gone off to the coast

Left you behind just standing there

Pretending not to see your ghost

If only you could hear my voice

But you are screaming far too loud, to hear me swear

Just because I left, doesn't mean that I'm not still there

I get to watch you grow up now

And make me proud, make all of the mistakes that made me laugh

Oh, darling lord how you made me laugh

Get drunk for me, sing louder than you've sung for me

Grow young each time that thunder in your lungs, begins to rumble at the world

'Cause you were always strong

When you were young, you'd kick things just to see if they would fall

They said, "that girl, she's wrong"

But I'll stick up for you, even though you haven't got a clue

You haven't got a fucking clue

And I'm so proud of you

And when they laugh at us

You'll feel my fingers down your back

And when you scream, I'm not alright

And throw my picture at the wall

You were supposed to be my light

And keep me safe against them all

How could you leave me here, you'll scream

And louder, I'll scream back to you from that unknown

And say

I know you're strong enough, I know you're strong enough

I know you're strong enough to do this on your

I know you're strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your own

I know you're strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your own

I know you're strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your own

I know you're strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your

Strong enough to do this on your own

And years from now at night that storm

Will break, you'll step outside to feel it shake

And barefoot walk across the lawn

You'll miss me, oh, Jesus Christ, you'll miss me

Just much as all those years ago, and you'll look up at the storm

You'll say 'I've been so scared

You left me here behind, do you not care?"

How the fuck am I supposed to carry on without you here?

Just when you're about to give up every hope you have, you turn around

Perched by the stairs, someone's gone and left behind

A brand new pair of scarlet welly boots