Letter to my Replacement
(whoever that may be)
So hello and goodbye now
I wish you well I really do
You’re going to live like a king for sure what’s old for me is new for you
And all the friends you’ve got now
take your time but be careful with your back
And those that dislike will prove in some ways
as worthy and on track
They’ll be times of great happiness Sometimes with only you in the room
They’ll be times when you think you’ll rule the world and now is not a moment too soon
They’ll chase your life, bleed your identity
Trample over you when you’re down
And gloat as if they’ve won a war
when there are no wars to be found
Because in the sharp edges of their smile lies a tool they’ll use for their own accord
To deliver on their useless ambition
Run you through with a blunt and rusting sword
So fight them when they attack
you’ve got nothing but your own
dignity as self-preservation
Give them the finger for me now that I’m gone
So let’s drink to them right now you say and long may they stew
in a vat of cats’ piss and shit spawn
and life’s rotting residue
To your new wife, who I’m sure you’ll love as much as I loved her
She’ll never let you down
or fail to move you with her whisper
She’ll astonish you with her beauty
her knowledge and her regard
And her ways of influencing other men
like a window blind to her cord
And even though it’s now broken
I’ll still miss her every day
I’ll still miss her self-importance
and how she always got her way
So let’s drink to her right now
and long may she stew
in a vat of cats’ piss and shit spawn
and life’s rotting residue
To your new family, I was born into this yet it seems it was no mistake
Some of us came from the same birth pool or at least that’s what they say
We partied hard right until the end
worked together to lift the game
And in the times when it all came clattering down
I still loved them all the same
So look after your new family please they’re the biggest thing I’ll miss
Greet them with an open heart
take your chances, don’t take the piss
And come your celebration times
remember me as I each of you
in a vat of cats’ piss and shit spawn
and life’s rotting residue
So hello and goodbye now
I wish you well I really do
You’re going to live like a king for sure What’s old for me is new for you
So you see I’m pleased to leave now
when all this thundering is done
Sure life is what you make of it
and I’m not impressed with what I’ve done
But to hell with looking back down on this
To hell with your new life
To hell with your new family
and to hell with your new wife
I’ll drink to you all right here and now and long may each of you stew
in a vat of cats’ piss and shit spawn
and life’s rotting residue
