Not Me

Lyrics

Let me tell you a story, linger while I play you the flickering newsreel of my life

I will tell you what you’ll see – that this illness – it’s not me, It’s not me

I was a child playing hopscotch on war time streets

Above in cool blue skies Junkers & spitfires played their deadly games

I got drafted, worked the service, stepping into Berlin

Cricket on a village green, willow against leather, celebrating the win

Walking on purple moors, barefoot in a lazy, carefree surf of sea

Wrapped in love with only my lover to please

Let me tell you a story, linger while I play you the flickering newsreel of my life

I will tell you what you’ll see – that this illness – it’s not me, It’s not me

I moved on, became a fireman, and a soldier, and a priority

Mayor of my town, wearing gilded chains & meeting royalty

I became a father, sleeping between nappies, thinking what’s for tea?

She grew up & got married, the circle was completed in entirety

Now my health has crept away, my garden goes untended

My house feels like a prison and I’ve been apprehended

My stairs are like a mountain, my freedom, it has ended

But now love wraps around me, friends & family, they surround me

I live through those I love – the lives that I have touched have set my spirit free,

Let me tell you a story, linger while I play you the flickering newsreel of my life

I will tell you what you’ll see – that this illness – it’s not me, It’s not me

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