Newspapers, odd hours and shoulders breaking. Years of 
wear working in cold arthritic. Acceptance to a point 
when it could be handled but it gets too much too soon 
too much and then starts snarling. Worked so hard for so 
little . . . so honestly. And this honest man looks 
through the can (and even though he could never be) a sid 
long glance at his life and he says to me, I shoulda been 
a thief. Friends are not just voices on a carbon 
microphone. Tired all the time, blanked eyed and sleeps 
alone. Children uncontrolled . . . well theyre only 
children. Im a simple man and I need my glass because I 
get so sad now so easily Screen, give me a break I need 
in my life, entertain me, tell me whats happening in 
other peoples lives. But the tube just laughs and it 
makes it harder. The tube just laughs as I watch my 
father. Slump in the chair, tries to forget his cares but 
the producer just laughs and packs it on tighter. No 
movie matinee just crooked clichs. Dad jumps out of his 
chair and he says Look what the bastards are getting away 
with A $19 million handshake to retire to a 25 year old 
wife with. 45 years spent in a cold cell and now I don't 
have shit. Ah its just not fair is it? Its just not fair. 
Look, you always said, Don't let it bring you down its 
only castles burning. Its only the producer pulling you 
in. Don't get sucked in.