DRINK AND DRIVE

one glass is not enough
six glasses keep them coming
ill be home safefully you said
your heart, it then stopped drumming

theres something you need to know my dear
something knowone else can
i heard the dial tone then my dear
and thats when the terror began

you said you would be home late
thats fine,
alone and waiting..
tonight i dine

your dinner got cold
and so did i
in bed alone
tonight i lie

next morning came
woken by the door
it was police man saying
your husbands not here anymore

hes dead im sorry
those words play over in my head
tonight alone
i cry in our bed

theres something you should know
something knowone else shall hear
drunken and selfish
you are my dear

no thought of your family
or how we survive
on a heart machine
you lost your life

theres something you should know
something everyone shall comprehend
for drinking on the way home that night
your life shall come to an end

ode to the drink drivers anywhere
the saying i know is true
swallow a pint then drive it home
and the road shall swallow you too!

x