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Don't Jump

from GHOSTS by Jim Woodland

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‘Don't Jump’ is about alienation. Enough said.

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When the lift tips you out on the top floor
The lieutenant says it's time for you to talk.
You're walking in a daze
like a robot to the roof
Talking to yourself as you walk.
Now the lights in the city
wash around your feet
Like plastic bottles burning on the shore.
And the night in the city says
'Well come on in.
The water can be lovely and warm'
Don't jump unless you mean it.
It takes a long time
before you hit the ground.
There is time as you fall
for you to change your mind
What if it happens
when you're on your way down?

When your problems line up like a dole queue
And night time falls around you like a hole.
When the morning hits you like a policeman.
Standing upright gives you vertigo.
I've seen the clock on the wall say ‘it's 1984!’
And you've been here since 1979.
Do you curl up and die or give it a try.
Do you ever really make up your mind.
Don't jump unless you mean it.
It takes a long time
before you hit the ground.
There is time as you fall
for you to change your mind
What if it happens
when you're on your way down?

When the computer chews up your cheque card
And writes to tell your mother you just died.
Though you're trying to deny it
she calls you a liar.
Down-graded to unclassified.
And the cop who takes you up to the top floor
Is just a chip off the old H-Block.
He looks you in the eye
Takes off his hat and smiles and says
'Jump, all charges will be dropped'.
He says
'Jump, all charges will be dropped'.

Don't jump unless you mean it.
It takes a long time
before you hit the ground.
There is time as you fall
for you to change your mind
What if it happens
when you're on your way down?
Dont you jump!

© Jim Woodland

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from GHOSTS, released June 15, 2022

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Jim Woodland UK

Hit & Run Street Theatre in the 1980's, Punk Band Red Rinse in the 90's, Fabulous Salami Brothers, Songwriter for Mikron Theatre and Blaize for 20 years, performing solo, and with the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow.
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