Sunny - Squeeze

I rode my bike along the towpath

Past all the cranes that bow their heads

Down by the river to the gas works

Where I would meet up with my friends

We’d mess around and play all summer

Around our flats and on the streets

In days that seemed to last forever

And nights beneath my nylon sheets

I was young and naïve

And drifted around

But I followed my dreams

With music I found life Sunny…

My growing up would not be easy

Going for long walks on the heath

Trying to play like Jimi Hendrix

Behind my back and with my teeth

I went to festivals and dropped out

That’s when I learned that I could fly

Sitting around an open fire

Watching the world go floating by

With my ear to the ground

The future took ages

When it finally arrived

The world we created was Sunny…

My mother watched me changing

From a boy into a man

With spots and moods and temper tantrums

Short attention span

It didn’t seem to matter

It made me who I am

I got a job down at the warehouse

I worked hard to pay the rent

Rehearsing almost every evening

Trying to make another dent

Along the road that I had chosen

The generation game of life

Today I’m walking by the river

Watching my children cycle by

We came up through the pubs

That heaved with our friends

Now it’s coffee in mugs

While out on the Thames it’s Sunny…