NOT A PAWN

     NOT A PAWN           TIM WILLIAMS        MAY 2015

I'M NOT A PAWN IN YOUR PITIFUL GAME
DONT MOVE ME AROUND YOU INCREASE THE PAIN
EVERY BREATH THAT PASSES OVER YOUR LIPS
IS A SHAME, IT'S A SHAME 
YOUR LETTERBOX SIZE VISION ON THE WORLD IS INSANE
DONT TRY TO TARNISH HAPPINESS AGAIN AND AGAIN

THIS IS NO HAND OF THREE CARD BRAG
THESE ARE PRESTINE FEELINGS , THAT CHILDREN HAVE
LIKE TEAR FILLED EYE'S WHEN A BABY LAUGHS
THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ON A DREAMERS PATH
NEW BABY CHICKS ON MY GRANDAD'S HEARTH
DONT BUTCHER OUR HEARTS, DONT CUT THEM IN HALF

PLEASE GROW UP, GROW PAST THIS MALIGNANT PLACE
LOOK INTO THE MIRROR, REMOVE THE SMIRK FROM YOUR FACE
JUST BECAUSE PERFECTION'S NOT ACHIEVED WITH HAST
THERE'S NO NEED OR REASON TO FLY INTO SPACE
MAKE A FUNERAL PYRE OF SELFISH IDEALS,THAT I WONT EMBRACE
SEARCH FOR THE EMPATHY, WHERE A HEART USED TO PACE

DANCING STOPPED ON LIFE'S BALLROOM FLOOR
WHEN I SWITCHED OUT THE LIGHT, AND CLOSED EVERY DOOR
USEING LITTLE CHILDREN TO EVEN THE SCORE
IS A CRIBBED IDEA, WITH DICKENSIAN FLAWS
IT'S A SPITEFUL WAY TO TAKE A SHOT, HAVE A GO
I CRY FOR JUSTICE HERSELF TO WASH UP ON YOUR SHORE

IF THERE IS A GOD, SOMETIMES I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE
PLEASE I PRAY, MAKE CHILDREN'S LIVES SIMPLE , HAPPY AND PURE
GIVE MALICIOUS ADULTS A SCRIPT FOR THE CURE
TAKE THEM TWICE A DAY, CLEAN UP YOUR SEWER
HAVE A POP AT ME, IF THIS HELPS YOU MATURE
DONT WADE UP TO YOUR NECK IN YOUR OWN MINDLESS MANURE