As I sit here just chewing the cud Nights lost and debauched with my friend Richard Picking up that guitar as a kid from Cash Converters He left me for the sun down under with the students and the surfers
E Minor through to a chord named A Sharp Strangling that neck with fingers that don’t know where to start I should have listened to Mr Hogarth for this career in its finest form Rocking out on stage wow that would have been a storm
But it’s never too late to try and give it another go Read music they say but I wouldn’t know my **** from my elbow No, no, no, that’s not the attitude I’ll plug this thing and never give up as someday I’ll fill those smoky rooms
I joined a band with 2 brothers and bassist of whom I did not know Mill Hill practice every Sunday just thought I’d give it a go But only one song and a commitment I could not keep it was always bound to fail I’ll carry on solo still looking on but really just chasing my own tail
Work carried on as a plumber of which I never did really enjoy But it paid the bills A mortgage A van And a wedding on the horizon All in sight except for that unseen tree which nearly stopped me from ever rising
Paraplegic is a word I had rarely ever used you’re a *******, a ****, I had said once myself how dare I have used that abuse To be told you will never walk again is a shot that broke my heart Don’t let it get you down be strong and try for a brand new start The days go by at the start of this new journey The loss of once friends and to gain some new is now what must ground me A different perspective and a sharper humour has now unveiled Hello new world you won’t get me down just watch this beast unravel
Taking the good with the bad and filtering through the ugly A different ship to now set sail, get ready for this could get choppy But as I say and always repeat, life goes on its just how you take it This second chance given to me a bit lower down, but still determined to make it, Hey Mr Wheelchair.
JJB
“I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.” ― Sarah Todd Hammer, Determination
“Know me for my abilities, not my disability.” Robert M. Hensel
“My disability has opened my eyes to see my true abilities.” Robert M. Hensel