Tea & Toast - Lucy Spraggan.mp3

[00:00.00]Tom was born in 1942
[00:02.70]With eyes of blue
[00:03.86]And the doctors said that his birth was far too fast
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[00:11.72]His heart stopped twice
[00:13.04]But yet he survived
[00:14.44]As he took his first breathe
[00:15.99]His mother took her last
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[00:21.52]And his father knew that he wasn't to blame
[00:25.01]But he never quite looked at Tom the same after that
[00:28.74]
[00:32.70]And he rarely spoke about her
[00:35.32]But when he did
[00:36.36]He said your mother used to say this
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[00:43.85]"When the skies are looking bad my dear
[00:46.36]And your heart has lost all it's hope
[00:48.55]
[00:49.14]After dawn there will be sunshine
[00:51.41]And all the dust will go
[00:53.69]
[00:54.57]Skies will clear my darling
[00:56.70]I'll wake up with the one I love the most
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[00:59.57]And in the morning, I'll make you up
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[01:04.34]With some tea and toast"
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[01:10.31]When we met through a friend
[01:11.95]Who introduced them
[01:13.17]The first thing Tom said was would you like to dance?
[01:16.50]
[01:20.66]They moved with each other and when the music got slower
[01:25.32]He said don't let go of my hand
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[01:31.33]He said It's only polite if I ask you tonight
[01:34.37]Would it be alright, if I could walk you home?
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[01:42.39]That night he told of of his birth
[01:43.88]And said when it hurt
[01:44.99]He thought about what his mother said about tea and toast
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[01:53.16]Two quick years went by
[01:55.24]They were side by side
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[01:58.45]And without a plan, they conceived a little child
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[02:03.42]He said women I love you and this you know
[02:06.19]But I only have enough for our food and clothes
[02:09.21]But I love you and this baby
[02:10.52]Until the day that I die
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[02:14.09]She said we'll take care of this little life
[02:16.68]And we'll fall in love with her baby blue eyes
[02:19.95]And we'll be alright from some advice that I know
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[02:24.95]She said I never got to meet her
[02:27.12]But if I did, I'm sure your mother would have said this
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[02:35.58]"When the skies are looking bad my dear
[02:38.41]
[02:38.67]And your heart has lost all it's hope
[02:40.49]
[02:41.20]After dawn there will be sunshine
[02:43.16]
[02:43.59]And all the dust will go
[02:45.79]
[02:46.16]Skies will clear my darling
[02:48.61]
[02:48.91]We'll show this baby all the love we know
[02:51.07]
[02:51.43]And in the morning, I'll make you up
[02:53.69]
[02:55.21]With some tea and toast"
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[03:02.22]Well he took those words
[03:03.77]And he made them proud
[03:05.01]He worked day after day
[03:06.39]And hour after hour
[03:07.84]So that they could buy a little house on the outside of town
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[03:12.85]The little girl grew up and so did they
[03:15.31]They said that they loved each other everyday
[03:18.17]And forty years later, that brings us to now
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[03:23.42]And as they're walking down the street
[03:25.17]Her grip loosens on his hand
[03:26.47]He puts his arm around her side as she falls to the ground
[03:28.84]He hears her breathing and that's the only sound
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[03:34.16]Her body on the floor attracts a worried crowd
[03:36.88]Tears rolls off his face as he says "don't let go, now"
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[03:44.53]And he's sitting by her bed in the hospital ward
[03:47.57]Their daughter walks in with a family of her own
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[03:54.72]She says "dad, I don't know if she can hear you now
[03:58.17]But there's one thing mum would want you to know"
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[04:06.36]When the skies are looking bad my dear
[04:08.86]And your heart has lost all it's hope
[04:11.14]
[04:11.68]After dawn there will be sunshine
[04:13.78]
[04:14.34]And all the dust will go
[04:16.13]
[04:16.58]Skies will clear my darling
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[04:19.63]Now it's time for you to let go
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[04:22.32]I go wake you up in the mornin'
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[04:26.83]with some tea and toast
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