It’s what you learnt
During the life you led
Which helped you to move forward
Days, weeks, months and years
Of playing football instead of going to school
Helped you to fall in love with the beautiful game
Damming streams, scrumping bonfire wood
And following the hunt all showed you
That change can be dangerous, and violent
A seven year indentured apprenticeship
In parallel with attendance at technical college
Gave you a trade plus a lifetime of understanding
The Open University with several summer schools
Took you out of the simple country boy
Into a land of intellectuals, also intentioned lovers
Giving up one good life for one other
Led you into a life of struggle and joy
Neither of which have you yet given up on
And so you sit in the beach car park
After a full English breakfast at the golf club
Wondering just what you are going to learn next
