Stranger

When I was a child, my mother Would tug me in bed And each night, as she kissed me These are the words that she said Don't go to bed with strangers Don't play with the dead And always keep you "wits" Sharp as an axe, inside the shed "Jai di di dai" When I was just a schoolboy My father, he spoken to me He said: "Boy -chid my son, don't trust anyone And remember that nothing is free" And the world is full of strangers The world is full of dread The world is full, of sharpened "wits" And millions of tears you will shed "Jai di di dai" Well when I was a young man My professor at University Say advise is corrupting Don't ever be trusting Don't show your emotions Human suffering is an ocean And it's dark, at the bottom of the sea And there is no such thing as a stranger We are all equally backwards and wrong Sharpen axes, not "wits" Bones are broken by sticks And you'll never be free 'till you're strong "Jai di di dai" Well young man grow older And the world gets colder Though it was never warm to begin Don't let down your guard For the reaper works hard And he will not take pause 'till you're dead Now I'm old and I'm rusty My troubles like sand on the beach They can't be calculated I always have waited For something, just out of reach And I, to myself, am a stranger My heart is "lighter than lead" My world is astounding With misery abounding There's only one thing to be said I say: "Jai di di dai" (Other) "Jai di di dai"