Changing Things – Written March 1994 (Aged 19)

Changing Things

I am changing the things I do
because,
they do not involve you
I am changing the places I go
because,
they are not my kind of show
I’m changing things,
don’t you know?
I know I used to hate you,
and I used to put you down,
just as I turned around
but I am changing my tune
because the old one had a terrible sound
a rune,
It could be dealt by my hand
and I know it would tell me to change things
for once,
I read them and understand
changing scenes,
making dreams
changing the way I go
changing things,
don’t you know?
I picked up the wrong people
I called them my own,
but late at night,
I felt my lead feet as I reached my home
and I still felt alone
then,
we started being friends again
felt like,
second time lucky that I had found you
but it is all because I am changing things
changing to people like you
people who can help me build dreams
not destroying them,
not taking them away
and certainly, not destroying my day.

James Garratt – March 1994

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