Pity The Child (From Chess)-Colm Wilkinson

[ti:Pity The Child (From Chess)] [ar:Colm Wilkinson] [al:Stage Heroes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pity The Child (From Chess) - Colm Wilkinson (C. T. Wilkinson) [00:02.46]When I was nine I learned survival [00:05.74] [00:06.43]Taught myself not to care [00:08.53] [00:10.12]I was my single good companion [00:13.78]Taking my comfort there [00:15.89] [00:17.36]Up in my room I planned my conquests [00:20.39] [00:20.94]On my own never asked for a helping hand [00:25.39] [00:26.59]No one would understand [00:29.40] [00:31.87]I never asked the pair who fought below [00:36.44] [00:37.95]Just in case they said no [00:43.69] [00:46.92]Pity the child who has ambition [00:49.96] [00:50.53]Knows what he wants to do [00:52.69] [00:53.76]Knows that he'll never fit the system [00:57.16] [00:57.75]Others expect him to [00:59.87] [01:01.20]Pity the child who knew his parents [01:04.19] [01:05.06]Saw their faults [01:06.03]Saw their love die before his eyes [01:09.41] [01:10.24]Pity the child that wise [01:13.59] [01:15.88]He never asked did I cause your distress [01:20.57] [01:21.82]Just in case they said yes [01:25.22] [01:26.87]When I was twelve my father moved out [01:29.82] [01:32.54]Left with a whimper not with a shout [01:35.80] [01:38.41]I didn't miss him he made it perfectly clear [01:42.39] [01:44.13]I was a fool and probably queer [01:47.64] [01:49.84]Fool that I was I thought this would bring [01:53.09] [01:55.57]Those he had left closer together [02:00.19] [02:02.12]She made her move the moment he crawled away [02:06.70] [02:07.55]I was the last the woman told [02:11.59]She never let her bed get cold [02:15.54]Someone moved in I shut my door [02:19.53]Someone to treat her [02:21.53]Just the same way as before [02:28.58]I took the road of least resistance [02:31.69]I had my game to play [02:34.28] [02:35.08]I had the skill and more the hunger [02:38.16] [02:38.73]Easy to get away [02:41.21] [02:42.29]Pity the child with no such weapons [02:45.82]Do defence no escape from the ties that bind [02:50.60]Always a step behind [02:55.29] [02:56.16]I never called to tell her all I'd done [03:01.31] [03:02.02]I was only her son [03:11.17] [03:30.56]Pity the child but not forever [03:33.84]Not if he stays that way [03:36.14] [03:37.39]He can get all he ever wanted [03:40.20] [03:40.88]If he's prepared to pay [03:42.78] [03:44.22]Pity instead the careless mother [03:47.61] [03:48.51]What she missed [03:49.63]What she lost when she let me go [03:53.91]And I wonder does she know [03:58.97] [03:59.94]I wouldn't call a crazy thing to do [04:05.50] [04:06.16]Just in case she said who