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Apr 2023
Sitting here looking out of the window at people walking by
Their faces dull and miserable just like a rain filled sky
They have the weight of the world upon their shoulders, minds just filled with gloom
I just think they're lucky people because I can
Y hardly leave this room
They are free to do the things that i no longer can
Free to run, walk the dog, get out and have some fun
Every one of you miserable folks just need to stop and think
There's always someone worse off than you
You know I now sit here a bent and broken man
But I still laugh and I still smile because I know I can
So when you think that you can't go on and think no helps in sight
Think about the homeless, the sick and the ones like me
Then you'll start to realise that you're not really in a fight
So smile in the face of adversity because that is what I do
So what have I got, a life living on pain killers, waking up in the morning in agony, staggering around like a drunk because I can't control my legs but I can still smile
Joe Cole
Written by
Joe Cole  Horsham Sussex
(Horsham Sussex)   
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