Our Place
Well I had a place I came from, and my big friend with me.
Yes, I had place I came from. My big friend and me.
But my big friend needed help, so he came to me.

Well we worked lots of places, for us to make our way.
Yes we worked many places, my big friend with me always.
But my big friend made mistakes, so we never could stay.

And I’d say,
Hey now, there’s a place for us; a place what is our own.
We’ll work and live on our own way, and sleep when old we’ve grown.
Big friend I know you see it, that place we both long for.
But wait a while to dream, for to have a place we must work more.

Well we came to another place, my big friend and me.
Yes, we came to another place which looked well ‘n’ good to me.
I told my big friend ‘stay your tongue and our place we may yet see.

Well the people in that well ‘n’ good place they said that we could stay,
Said things that made me think that we could maybe make our way.
I told my friend ‘stay your big hand and we can make our pay’.

And I said
Then there’ll be a place for us; a place what is our own.
We’ll work and live on our own way, and sleep when old we’ve grown.
Big friend I know you see it, that place we both long for,
But to have our place you must not make your poor mistakes no more.

Well my big friend, he promised he would stay his hand and tongue.
Yes my big friend he promised he wouldn’t hurt no one.
But sometimes when my friend got scared he wouldn’t know what he’d done.

Now, at the place where we was there lived man and pretty wife.
The people at the place all said that she was nought but strife.
I told my friend ‘stay your hand. women ain’t common as mice’.

And I said
There is still a place for us; a place what is our own.
We’ll work and live on our own way, and sleep when old we’ve grown.
Big friend I know you see it, that place we both long for,
But too many mistakes are happenin’, and they can’t happen no more.

Well my big friend, he sits here with thoughts in all a whirl.
Too many mistakes ‘bin made; the mouse, the pup, the girl!
Now my finger’s on the trigger, to save him from this world.

And I say
Look, there is the place for us; that place what is our own.
We’ve worked and lived on other’s ways, and for bad things we’re now known.
Big friend I know you see it, that place we both worked for.
And now you can go to our place! But you won’t be seein’ me no more.

My finger’s on the trigger, so you won’t be seein’ me no more.