I had to go into town yesterday
Not something I enjoy doing
Anyway I decided to sit in the mall
With a coffee and study people
Instead of seeing happy laughing faces
For the most part I saw
Doubt
Sadness
And so I tried to visualize
What was going through their minds

The old couple sitting a few yards away
The old man thinking
Will I have another new year with my wife
Will she be spending next year sad and alone

Over there a couple of fresh faced young men
In their fresh clean army clothes
Laughing and joking as young men do
But what are they really thinking
Have I made a big mistake
With all the killing going on
I might not be around next year

The sad faced forty something woman
Shopping bag in hand
Why so sad
In her head the thought
I had to give the kids the best Christmas ever
Last year
But I hit the plastic too hard
So much debt now that I don't know how
I'm going to make end meet
Jimmies birthday next month
Poor little lads not going to get much

Oh dear, that weepy eyed girl
Dripping tears into her coffee
Black mascara tears
Smeared across her cheeks
Yep she's pregnant and her boyfriend
Of three months has kicked her into touch