Runaway

I'd lived in Guernsey all my youth

My vacant eyes, the only proof

I'd felt so low, i couldn't stand

As no one took me by the hand 

I knew one day, i'd run away 

No reason here to want to stay 

Left when i was sweet sixteen 

To places i had never been

I'd not been on a train at all

Seen buildings standing high and tall 

Or people of a different race

A smile came to my angry face 

I found myself at home in Leeds 

I gained all that a young man needs

Forgot the place i'd left behind 

A past so cruel, and so unkind

I moved into a caravan 

I'd found myself some freedom, man

I thought that i had everything 

This no one had become a king

And then when i hit 32

I did just what i always do

I packed my bags and left this place

I didn't leave a single trace

You know just how this story ends 

I said goodbye to all my friends 

And travelled south towards the sea 

To find the real me