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Lyrics
Sad Ronnie
VERSE 1
Every morning when he comes home
The world is still asleep.
Evening time he’s woken up
By children in the street.
Outside the orange lamps are lighting up
And traffic lights send signals through the rain.
It’s all the same.
Underground the trains fills up
With faceless people coming home again.
Oh Ronnie, why?
VERSE2
Since his mother passed away,
He hasn’t been too good
Eating mostly takeaways
The cupboard’s full of food
On which the tickets give the faded price
His mother paid in shillings, pounds, and pence.
She did her best.
An armchair outside in the rain
Beside the garden’s broken, peeling fence.
Oh, Ronnie, why?
CHORUS
Why do you live your life as if
You’re going to get another go?
Oh Ronnie, is this all it is?
Is this all you’ll have to show?
BRIDGE
Nightime falling in the lane
Dark thoughts trapped by window panes.
Children crying in their beds
Televisions empty heads.
GUITAR SOLO
VERSE 3
When he sleeps he hopes he’ll dream
Of when he was a child.
When sunshine lit the happy scene
And laughter lit his eyes.
He wakes
And in a daze he makes some tea
And thoughtlessly he pours it out for two.
What did you do?
He parts the curtain, looks outside
But all he sees is Ronnie looking back
And looking sad.
REPEAT CHORUS
Words & Music copyright Tim de Ferrars 2006