Tea & Toast - Lucy Spraggan

Tom was born in 1942

With eyes of blue

And the doctors said that his birth was far too fast

His heart stopped twice

But yet he survived

As he took his first breathe

His mother took her last

And his father knew that he wasn't to blame

But he never quite looked at Tom the same after that

And he rarely spoke about her

But when he did

He said your mother used to say this

"When the skies are looking bad my dear

And your heart has lost all it's hope

After dawn there will be sunshine

And all the dust will go

Skies will clear my darling

I'll wake up with the one I love the most

And in the morning, I'll make you up

With some tea and toast"

When we met through a friend

Whoduced them

The first thing Tom said was would you like to dance?

They moved with each other and when the music got slower

He said don't let go of my hand

He said It's only polite if I ask you tonight

Would it be alright, if I could walk you home?

That night he told of of his birth

And said when it hurt

He thought about what his mother said about tea and toast

Two quick years went by

They were side by side

And without a plan, they conceived a little child

He said women I love you and this you know

But I only have enough for our food and clothes

But I love you and this baby

Until the day that I die

She said we'll take care of this little life

And we'll fall in love with her baby blue eyes

And we'll be alright from some advice that I know

She said I never got to meet her

But if I did, I'm sure your mother would have said this

"When the skies are looking bad my dear

And your heart has lost all it's hope

After dawn there will be sunshine

And all the dust will go

Skies will clear my darling

We'll show this baby all the love we know

And in the morning, I'll make you up

With some tea and toast"

Well he took those words

And he made them proud

He worked day after day

And hour after hour

So that they could buy a little house on the outside of town

The little girl grew up and so did they

They said that they loved each other everyday

And forty years later, that brings us to now

And as they're walking down the street

Her grip loosens on his hand

He puts his arm around her side as she falls to the ground

He hears her breathing and that's the only sound

Her body on the floor attracts a worried crowd

Tears rolls off his face as he says "don't let go, now"

And he's sitting by her bed in the hospital ward

Their daughter walks in with a family of her own

She says "dad, I don't know if she can hear you now

But there's one thing mum would want you to know"

When the skies are looking bad my dear

And your heart has lost all it's hope

After dawn there will be sunshine

And all the dust will go

Skies will clear my darling

Now it's time for you to let go

I go wake you up in the mornin' with some tea and toast