JOHN GLASS
JOHN GLASS I SAW A MAN NAMED JOHN GLASS
HE OFFERED ME SOME ADVICE
IF YOUR NOT REALLY NATURAL NO USE TO TRY
HE TOLD ME HIS LIFE STORY
THE BLOOD,THE GUTS,THE GLORY
HE HAD THAT CERTAIN LOOK WITH-IN HIS EYE
AT THE TENDER AGE OF THREE
THE PRESS HAD GOT TO ME
HE THINKS HE`S SUPERMAN HE WANTS TO FLY
SHOT ME LIKE A CLOWN
SPREAD THE LIES AROUND THE TOWN
WAS THEN I LEARNED THAT PRESSMEN LIVE FROM LIES
AT SCHOOL I MADE A TOKEN
EXPRESSING MY DEVOTION
HEARTS AND FLOWERS ON THE DAY OF VALENTINE
IN MY HASTE TO GAIN FAVOUR
I GAVE MINE TO THE NEIGHBOUR
AND SAW THE HURT VEILED BEHIND MY MOTHERS SMILE
AT THE CHILDISH AGE OF SEVEN
I FOUGHT AND PLAYED WITH STEPHEN
HE DIED OF GOD KNOWS WHAT AND LEFT THE GAME
THROUGH ALL THE REASSURANCE ,
ALL THE GRIEF AND MOURNING
DESPITE THE CRIES OF INNOCENT I STORED THE BLAME
MY SCHOOLDAYS WERE ENLIGHTENING,
SOMETIMES ALMOST FRIGHTENING
IT`S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW IT`S WHERE YOU LIVE
SO I PLAYED WITH THE PENCILS
THE INKWELL AND THE STENCILS
CAUGHT RED EAR DECEASE
AND WAS CANED BEYOND BELIEF
THOUGH I COULDN`T PAINT A BARN DOOR
PHILIP SMITH SHOWED ME GUITAR
SAVED MY LIFE AND FUTURE I SUSPECT
WHILE THE MASTERS WEALED THEIR WEAPONS
THE SARCASM AND THEIR RED PENS
ONLY HE WAS WORTHY OF RESPECT
A YOUNG MAN ON VACATION
LEFT STRANDED AT THE STATION
VICTORIA IS NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS
NEVER SAW THE DANGER
WHILST TALKING TO A STRANGER
WHAT WAS IN HIS HEAD
WAS BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS
WHAT FOLLOWED WAS HORRENDOUS
COLD STEEL IS VERY DANGEROUS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TIP IS AT THE NAPE
ABUSED AND VIOLATED
THE FACT I`VE ALWAYS HATED
I NEVER TOLD A SOUL ABOUT THE RAPE
I DRIFTED THROUGH TO EIGHTEEN
A HEAD FULL OF MAD DREAMS
A ZEST FOR LIFE I WAS WILD AND FREE
WILLIE WHIGHTLAWS SHORT,SHARP SHOCK
A PRISON DOOR SLAMMED,BARRED AND LOCKED
CAGED THE BIRD THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME

SADISTIC SHEARS WERE SNAPPING
THE QUACK MEDIC HANDS WERE FREEZING
THE DELOUSING CREAM MADE US SCREAM LIKE MICE
SYSTEMATIC DEGRADATION
WET TOWELS WHIPPED IN THE GUARDROOM
I THANKED GOD THE HALF-BAKED HADN`T GIVE ME LIFE
WHEN ADOLESCENTS MARRY
ESPECIALLY IN A HURRY
AND VERY SOON THERE`S AN EXTRA MOUTH TO FEED
THOUGH SHE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND
THE CHILD WITHIN THE MAN
SAD TO SAY SHE NEVER DID SUCCEED
FEELING LOW AND WORTHLESS,
LIVING LACKED A PURPOSE
I DECIDED TO CHECK OUT OF THIS GREAT JOKE
AND WHEN THE DEED WAS DONE
A NIGHTINGALE DID COME
SANG SO SOFT HER SWEET,SWEET SONG
THE MURDER OF OUR DARREN
THE FACTS ARE NOT IMPORTANT
THE SCAR CUT DEEP BUT STILL I HAVE TO TRY
TO WALLOW THROUGH THIS QUAGMIRE
THE BRIMSTONE AND THE HELLFIRE
THE DIE IS CAST AND SO REMAINS FOR LIFE
THE TALE I`VE RELATED
YOU MAY THINK EXAGGERATED
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY WORD IS TRUE
UPON CLOSE INSPECTION
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR REFLECTION
JOHN GLASS WILL BE LOOKING BACK AT YOU