DREAM OF A PRODIGAL SON
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[Ch]
A lot of song and a lot of wine
A year can be such a very long time

I sit and try to write down
On paper emotions going round
In my head about the year
Spent away from those held dear

	[Ch]

But I find it so hard
To write down what I feel
Though I know that it is true
It all seems so surreal

All alone in a strange city
My thoughts are those of self-pity
I wonder if I'm missed back home
Spend half my life on the telephone

	[Ch]

(Just) 25 minutes to the end
Just 25 minutes left my friend
Then it's over and you can go free
You can leave here you can be happy

It can't be that hard to pull through
There can't be that much for you to do
It'll be worth all the effort of trying
But will it be worth all the lying

	[Ch]

Life was 24 hours a day
And there we believed that we could stay
All our lives if we should choose
And none of us were about to refuse

	[Ch?]

Just live in hope and journey on
And dream of the prodigal son 
	(repeat)
June '97
	Lyrics/Music Kevin Brett
		29-Nov-1997  (some in Maths exam, June '97)