ill-advised and ruined
When you were young
don’t you know
‘Brightest flame burns quickest’
can’t sieve the good from the bad
the evil from the evil
A child born out of nothing
A child of wedlock
unlock secrets of the child
A child of the wild
on the heels of tough love
and law
Why do you live this way?
vacant, cheap motels
noisy bars. sleazy Willy
do your deal
cut your throat
feel the needle in your hand
feel the needle in your heart
you have heard it many times
a father’s preaching
screeching sounds on a gramophone
more than just times have changed
you have changed
the lives of others
but your life
is the same, insane
the glamour is gone
not just the magazines
everything you ever were
ebbed away…