Welly Boots

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[Intro]
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Awake, awake, you children bold

Take hold of all your books and fold

The corners, they warned us
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A storm is coming on

What do you mean you’ve lost

Your scarlet welly boots, do y’know 
what they cost?
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Wear a raincoat  or it’ll soak you 
to the bone


[Verse 1]
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What's it like, the children ask?
It’s just like falling snow, I am 
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above you
                Em
And I love you, don’t you know

That I’ll be with you all along, as 
long as you are kind
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To those who are not strong and 
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cannot find their scarlet welly 
boots


[Chorus]
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Cos when it’s cold
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I’ll wrap my scarf around you
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And when it’s hard
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I’ll place your head into my hands
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And when you scream that it’s not 
fair
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It’s like I’ve gone off to the coast
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Left you behind just standing there
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Pretending not to see your ghost
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If only you could hear my voice
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But you are screaming far too loud 
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to hear me   swear
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Just because I left doesn’t mean 
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that I’m not still    there


[Verse 2]

I get to watch you grow up now
And make me proud, make all of those
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 mistakes that make me laugh
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Oh darling lord, how you make me 
laugh
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Get drunk for me, sing louder than 
you’ve sung for me
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Grow young each time that thunder 
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in your lungs begins to rumble at 
the world

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Cos you were always strong
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When you were young, you’d kick 
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things just to see if they would 
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fall

They said ‘That girl, she’s wrong’
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But I’ll stick up for you, even 
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though you haven’t got a clue, you 
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haven't got a fucking clue


[Chorus]
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And I’m so proud of you
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And when they laugh at us
               Em
You’ll feel my fingers down your 
back
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And when you scream I’m not alright
             Em
And throw my picture at the wall
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‘You were supposed to be my light
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And keep me safe against them all
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How could you leave me here ?' 
you’ll scream
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And louder, I’ll scream back to you
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 from that unknown

And say
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I know you’re strong enough

I know you’re strong enough
I know you’re strong enough to do 
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this on your


[Bridge]
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I know you’re strong enough to do 
this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own

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I know you’re strong enough to do 
this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own

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I know you’re strong enough to do 
this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own

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I know you’re strong enough to do 
this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own


[Other]

And years from now at night that 
storm
Will break, you’ll step outside to 
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feel it shake
And barefoot walk across the lawn
Em

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You’ll miss me, oh Jesus Christ, 
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you’ll miss me
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Just much as all those years ago, 
                    Em
and you’ll look up at the storm


You’ll say ‘I’ve been so scared

You left me here behind, do you not 
care?
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How the fuck am I supposed to carry
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 on without you here?‘
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Just when you’re about to give up 
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every hope you have, you turn around
Perched by the stairs, someone’s 
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gone and left behind
A brand new pair of scarlet welly 
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boots