PAUPERS

[Intro] [Verse] Old Charlie died poor and alone His story made the national news Cost of send-offs down to the bone Council cortege for vacant pews [Verse] Scraps of history no family mourn A life remote yet now distant Decent bloke to the manor born Vague recalls the care assistant [Chorus] To end one’s days in balsa bliss Feeble, friendless and forgotten Now laid to rest no goodbye kiss From friendship too often rotten [Verse] Like us the old boy played and toiled Well deserves some pain and pity Count not the hours he may have spoiled By spendthrift s*x and the city [Verse] We never ask did he have faith? Lest all be pauper here and there Why not a wringing of the wreath While charlies all just stand and stare [Chorus] To end one’s days in balsa bliss Feeble, friendless and forgotten Now laid to rest no goodbye kiss From friendship too often rotten [Break] Verse] Old Charlie died poor and alone His story made the national news Cost of send-offs down to the bone Council cortege for vacant pews [Verse] Scraps of history no family mourn A life remote yet now distant Decent bloke to the manor born Vague recalls the care assistant [Chorus] To end one’s days in balsa bliss Feeble, friendless and forgotten Now laid to rest no goodbye kiss From friendship too often rotten [Verse] Like us the old boy played and toiled Well deserves some pain and pity Count not the hours he may have spoiled By spendthrift s*x and the city [Verse] We never ask did he have faith? Lest all be pauper here and there Why not a wringing of the wreath While charlies all just stand and stare [Chorus] To end one’s days in balsa bliss Feeble, friendless and forgotten Now laid to rest no goodbye kiss From friendship too often rotten [Chorus] To end one’s days in balsa bliss Feeble, friendless and forgotten Now laid to rest no goodbye kiss From friendship too often rotten [Outro]