Feeling down
Look around
Realise I,m not wanted anymore

Five and a half year
Of loving care
Then the closing of the door

The tears I cried
Cos her love has died
No looking  back to the past

Like a fool
I thought love was forever
But good things never last

To prove I love you
I,m gonna leave
Give you the freedom you need

You won't see my tears
Or hear me cry
You won't see my heart bleed

I,ll live in hope
Till the day I die
Reliving every memory

Hoping and praying
One day you,ll forgive
And bring your love back to me

As I pour the last dregs out the bottle
Drink up then stagger to bed
In the seconds before my eyes close
Your image invading my head

Then I wake and your lying beside me
Tears of happiness from my eyes stream
As I realise that we're still together
And it just was a terrible dream

So I kiss you while you are still sleeping
And I gaze happily at your sweet face
And I wrap my arms softly around you
As I realise I,m in the best place

Where does the heart go
When the great love affair ends
When love and kisses
Become a handshake between friends

Where do We put our hands
When we have no one to hold
After the love is over
And a lovers heart grows cold

To love a person
Who no longers loves you
Is the biggest heartache
You could go through

We all need somewhere
To heal our pain
A place to hide and lick our wounds
A place to start again

After the love is over
It's a very lonely place
A frown replacing a smile
On a tear stained face

After the love is over
After the final scene
We all react differently
In this place we,ve all been

Some turn to drink
And lock themselves away
Wallow in self pity
And throw there lives away

Some comfort eat
And pile on all the weight
Some contemplating suicide
And bathing in self hate

After the love is over
The best thing you can do
Is learn by your mistakes
And make a better you

I used to have a puppy
His eyes were big and brown
He messed upon my carpets
And knocked my ornaments down

He ate my favourite slippers
He chewed my armchair too
But I miss my little puppy
I really really do

If only I,d been more careful
Remembered to close the door
I,d still have my little puppy
That I have,nt got anymore

I still have his little collar
And his dog chews in the drawer
Still see his little scratches
On the back of the kitchen door

I thought of getting another dog
With a cute little face
But I used to have a puppy
That no dog could replace

So if you,ve got a pet
Please look after and take care
Cos I miss my little puppy
Now that he,s not there

People think it's easy
Being on the dole
But it strips you of your dignity
And slowly destroys your soul

It's not all tabs and alcohol
And pub crawls everyday
There's no designer clothes
It's primark all the way

It's farm foods or herons
For your weekly shopping too
Forget your marks and Spencer's
There just to dear for you

Your mates who work are clubbing
And pulling all the lasses
Your stuck at home with four cheap cans
And cups instead of glasses

You smell of pound shop aftershave
You use bic razors too
You wipe your *** on newspaper
When you go to have a poo

So when you say life on benefits
Is really quite a breeze
Walk a mile in my holey shoes
Before you call me please

Its fast approaching
Valentines day
So my darling Clare
I,d just like to say
I love you with all my heart

Valentines day again
Our fifth together
Love you more with every year
I,m so glad were together

I,ll get you a big card
And a cute little cuddly toy
Just to say I love you
And I,m glad to be your boy

I,ll fill it full of verses
And hearts and kisses too
I,ll even write a sloppy poem
To prove my love is true

So never leave me darling
I don,t know what I,d do
If I had to spend my valentines day
Without my love so true

So happy valentines day
And thanks my darling Clare
For giving me a valentines day
That me and you can share

It's easy to say I love you
But what does I love you mean
The answer is ever so simple
Your the best girl that I,ve ever seen

It's easy to say I love you
It's only 3 words after all
You make me feel like a giant
Before you I felt so small

It's easy to say I love you
Like I,ve said a million times before
It gets easier the longer I,m with you
And I,ll love you forever more

It's easy to say I love you
Cos my heart doesn't,t beat without you
It's easy to say I love you Clare
Cos deep down I truly do

So remember each time that we argue
And we both say things we should,nt say
That it's easy to say I love you
Cos I will till my dying day

I,m serving my sentence
Four weeks hard time
Being unemployed
Is my only crime

They sent me to felling
I did,nt think it was funny
But I had to serve my time
Or lose all my money

So I turned up on my course
Nervous on my first day
Then I met dave
Induction out the way

Straight down the factory
To the bottom shed
Putting paper into dumpy bags
Really blagged my head

So I shovel people,s ****
It Destroys my soul
But it pays Daves mortgage
And keeps 25 people off the dole

Then worked on the balers
Handballed cardboard and paper
Got to do the boring bumpers
But dave said I can do them later

Might get to go out on the van
Collecting people's ****
But it's a break from the shovel
If only for a bit

Got 25 boxes
To empty for Steve
More ****** dumpy bags
It's hard to believe

The lad I started with
His name was John
He managed one day
Now he is gone

Now he,s back to the dole
To see his advisor
Sanctioned to pieces
I would of been wiser

Just keep my head down
Do whatever I,m told
So my lovely advisor
Don,t stop my dole

Done 3days now
Just 25 to go
No good moaning
Just get on with the show

It's really not so bad
Shovelling people's ****
And it's that kind of job
We're someone's got to do it

So if you don,t like shovelling ****
We're you don't get paid a bob
Get of your **** of the dole
And get yourself a job

No offence to the **** shovelers
All over the  land
but I,m a man of verse
Not a **** shovelling fan