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On Matters of Life and Death and the Euros

Carol Stewart

Monday, July 5th, 2021

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Who says
…………………………….. we can’t have a party
………………………………tuck into the strawberries
………………………………crack open the Pimm’s

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 2 during
the football
………………………………it’s wrong
………………………………and so unfair
………………………………him missing Wimbledon
………………………………and almost every match

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 got to work
you know……………. cleaning touch-points at Job Centre Plus

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 either that
or………………………….helping his mates change the wheels on their cars,
……………………………..he’s such an outgoing chap, so confident

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 hope …………………… he hasn’t caught the virus

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 to check……………….he’s taken a test

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 the result …………….negative, he says

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 it’s not that …………I don’t believe him

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 important ……………as it is

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 it’s just…………………..he’s kept things from me before

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 ………………………………..he plays

12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 a game …………………..with me
…………………………………he tells me
…………………………………………..here, top up your glass,
……………………………………………………..have a strawberry
like it
doesn’t matter ………………………… cough, cough…

13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 Sure…
……………………………..he’s late tonight, but hey
……………………………..just look at those crowds, just listen,
…………………………….. they say England’s winning

14 Leave a comment on verse 14 2 ……………………………. and football’s coming home,
……………………………..yes, football’s coming home
……………………………..even if he isn’t.

Notes

Not written from personal experience thank goodness. Sorry about the distracting dots, ideally they wouldn’t be there, but couldn’t seem to indent any other way.

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