Choice Word by Colin Boynton - HTML preview

23. SHAME OF IT

MANY ARE THE VARIED TALES

TO YOU I COULD TELL

STORIES FROM THE YEARS GONE BY

OF PEOPLE I KNEW WELL

SOME HAVE BEEN AND STAYED A WHILE

OTHERS STAYED FOR YEARS

SOME OF THEM SEEMED FRIENDLY

OTHERS HAD THEIR FEARS

THEY NEVER UNDERSTAND IT

WHEN I COME AROUND

I TRY TO MOVE SO PEACEFULLY

WITHOUT THE FAINTEST SOUND

I THINK THAT SOME HAVE SEEN ME

OTHERS HAVE JUST GUESSED

AND THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN REALLY DO

WITH UNINVITED GUESTS

I REALLY CANNOT HELP IT

YOU KNOW I’M NOT TO BLAME

I DIDN’T ASK TO BE A SPOOK

IT REALLY IS A SHAME.