M] It had the perfect Friday afternoon, The job was done. The house we were decorating was owned by a old man, forever in the three piece suit he'd probabbly had since he was demobbed. He seemed to be on his way to the post office, carrying brown ansd string wrapped parcels under his arm. He'd bring us out china cups of camp coffee and plates of custard biscuits
E] The house had belonged to his parents who had both passed within weeks of each other, a few years back. They were the only people he had ever lived with, this was the house he had ever lived in. I wondered what would happen to the house he's gone It was a walk to my bedsit, once a similar house to the old man's, now broken into lots of single room accomodation It also once had a garden like his, now occupied by one-storey modern block building, containing the dentist and chiropodist
In my room was an electric cooker, I only used in winter to keep warm, Next to that was a sink with a glass shelf it, on which was a toothbrush and carton of marlboro's I baked a cake but the next minute I came back in the kitchen, my children ate it Now I need to make another chocolate cake and chocolate fudge brownies for extra was a table with a chair in one corner, a single bed in the other, and about four sq ft in the middle. There was a wooden drawer under the bed with most of my clothes in, the rest was over the of the chair
I had a record player on a and boxes of records underneath. The bathroom for the first and the floor was opposite my room, It had a meter for the water which took two 50pence pieces, you'd have to wait half an hour for the water to heat up, and an eye on the door in case some sod pinched your bath. There was one toilet upstairs and one outside, but no one used the one anymore, so it was where the local prostitutes would take their clients for a quickie
So I was sat on my usual bar stool in my usual pub by 6.30, the usual or so regulars in at this time of the evening, nice and Relaxed the post 8.00 crush, we'd crowd around the tiny bar then pool tables, the house rule for fool was winner stays on, You'd chalk your name on the blackboard, and your turn The would pay for the game, so if you were good, you 'd Play all night, tonight I was
In my room was an electric cooker, which I used in winter to keep warm, Next to that was a sink with a glass shelf above it, on which was a toothbrush and of marlboro's I baked a chocolate but the next minute I came back in the kitchen, my children ate it Now I need to make another chocolate cake and chocolate fudge brownies for extra There was a table with a chair in one corner, a single bed in the other, and about sq ft in the middle. There was a drawer under the bed with most of my clothes in, the rest was over the back of the chair
This world has up and gone I'm out here working trying to it Girl, it's so in this city There no resting for the weary So baby feel me, I need to feel So my can heal, babe Your cocoa against mine, babe Is all I to help revive me Just touch me and I feel pure, pure You're the only thing I'm ever of, your love I'm sure of I need reminding that God is still, He's still behind me So baby, take my soul and set me free
In my room was an electric cooker, which I only used in winter to warm, Next to that was a sink with a glass above it, on which was a toothbrush and carton of marlboro's I baked a chocolate cake but the next minute I came back in the kitchen, my ate it Now I need to make another chocolate cake and chocolate fudge brownies for extra was a table with a chair in one corner, a single bed in the other, and about four sq ft in the middle. There was a wooden drawer under the bed with of my clothes in, the rest was over the back of the chair
In my was an electric cooker, which I only used in winter to keep warm, Next to that was a sink with a glass shelf it, on which was a toothbrush and carton of marlboro's I baked a cake but the next minute I came back in the kitchen, my children ate it Now I need to make chocolate cake and maybe chocolate fudge brownies for extra There was a table with a in one corner, a single bed in the other, and about four sq ft in the middle. There was a wooden drawer under the bed with most of my in, the rest was over the back of the chair