Mr Jeays
Written: ????
Released: 2005 on 'Mr Jeays'
If one day you see him there
All misty eyes and greying hair
If your
children stop and stare
To see him in that state
When he can no longer
speak his name
Nor ever sing a song again
Nor take the credit or the
blame
For all those past mistakes
Say
If you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and revelled
in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And not this
wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
A younger Mr
Jeays
When all aflame with youthful zest
He raised his eyes and raised
his fist
And shouted God does not exist
Controversial Mr Jeays
When he
stood up with a passion for
An end to violence and war
And said tax the
rich and feed the poor
Oh bravo Mr Jeays
Oh if you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and
revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And
not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
The rebel Mr
Jeays
When he took it all upon himself
To try and gain enormous
wealth
Singing songs all about himself
Tragic Mr Jeays
When on Beachy
Head above the rocks
His true love he gave unorthodox
His last Rolo in a
jewellery box
Romantic Mr Jeays
Oh if you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and revelled
in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And not this
wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
The dreamer Mr
Jeays
And while others worked their lives away
He sat in the park all
day
Dreaming poetic things to say
Conscientious Mr Jeays
Sitting there
with his cocker spaniel
That he decided to call Daniel
With his pen and
pad and his rhyming manual
Talented Mr Jeays
Oh if you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and
revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And
not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
The work-shy
Mr Jeays
So if one day you see him there
All misty eyes and greying
hair
If your children stop and stare
To see him in that state
When he
can no longer speak his name
Nor ever sing a song again
Nor take the
credit or the blame
For all those past mistakes
Say
If you had
known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his
eyes and revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I
knew
And not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you
to
A younger Mr Jeays
© Philip Jeays ????