Lucy Spraggan - Tea and toast

And the doctors said that his birth was far too f^Gast ^CHis heart stopped twice

His mother took her l^Gast

A^Cnd his father knew that he wasn't to blame But he never quite looked at Tom the same after t^Ghat And he ra^Crely spoke about her But when he did ^D He said your mother used to say th^Gis

&q^Cuot;When the skies are looking bad my dear And your h^Ceart has lost all it's hope Aft^Cer dawn there will be sunshine And ^Gall the dust will go Sk^Gies will clear my darling I'l^Gl wake up with the one I love the most And^C in the morning, I'll make you up ^D With some tea and toas^Gt"

When we m^Cet through a friend Who in^Ctroduced them The fi^Crst thing Tom said was would you like to ^Gdance' Th^Cey moved with each other and when the ^Cmusic got slower He said don't let go of my h^Gand H^Ce said It's only polite if I ask yo^Cu tonight Wou^Cld it be alright, if I could walk you hom^Ge' T^Chat night he told of of his birth ^CAnd said when it hurt ^CHe thought about what his mother said about tea and t^Goast

^CTwo quick years went by They were side by s^Dide And with^Cout a plan, they conceived a little chi^Dld He said w^Comen I love you and this you know But I o^Cnly have enough for our food and clothes But I lo^Cve you and this baby ^D Until the day that I ^Gdie She said w^Ce'll take care of this little life And we'll f^Call in love with her baby blue eyes And we'll be^C alright ^Dfrom some advice that I ^Gknow

^CShe said I never got to meet her But if I did^D, I'm sure your mother would have said th^Gis

"When t^Che skies are looking bad my dear And your heart has lost all it's hope Af^Cter dawn there will be sunshine And all the dust will ^Ggo S^Gkies will clear my darling

And^C in the morning, I'll make you up ^D With some tea and to^Gast"

Well he too^Ck those words And he made^C them proud He worked day^C after day And hour after ^Chour So ^Cthat they could buy a little house on the outside of t^Gown The lit^Gtle girl grew up and so did they They^G said that they loved each other everyday An^Cd forty years later, that brings us to n^Gow

An^Cd as they're walking down the street H^Cer grip loosens on his hand He^C puts his arm around her side as she falls to the ground He h^Cears her breathing and that's the only s^Gound H^Cer body on the floor attracts a worried crowd Tears^C rolls off his face as he says "don't let^G go, now"

And^C he's sitting by her bed in the hospital ward T^Cheir daughter walks in with a family of her o^Gwn She says &quo^Ct;dad, I don't know if she can hear you now ^CBut there's one thing mum would want you to k^Gnow"

When the sk^Cies are looking bad my dear And your heart has lost all it's hope

And ^Gall the dust will go Ski^Ges will clear my darling No^Gw it's time for you to let go In the m^Corning i'll wake you up^D with some tea and to^Gast