Tea & Toast

Tom was born in 1942 With eyes of blue And the doctors said his birth was far too fast His heart stopped twice But yet he survived As he took his first breath His mother took her last And his father knew that he wasn't to blame But he never quite looked at Tom the same after that And he rarely spoke about her But when he did He said your mother used to say this "When the skies are looking bad, my dear And your heart's lost all it's hope After dawn there will be sunshine And all the dust will go The skies will clear, my darling I'll wake up with the one I love the most And in the morning, I'll make you up Some tea and toast" Well they met through a friend who introduced them And the first thing Tom said was, "Would you like to dance?" They moved with each other and when the music got slower He said don't let go of my hand He said it's only polite if I ask you tonight Would it be alright if I could walk you home? That night he told of his birth And he said when it hurt He thought about what his mother said about tea and toast Well, two quick years they went by They were side by side And without a plan, they conceived a little child He said, "Women I love you and this you know But I only have enough for our food and clothes But I love you and this baby Until the day that I die" She said, "We'll take care of this little life And we'll fall in love with her baby blue eyes And we'll be alright from some advice that I know She said I never got to meet her But if I did, I'm sure your mother would have said this" "When the skies are looking bad, my dear And your heart's lost all it's hope After dawn there will be sunshine And all the dust will go The skies will clear, my darling We'll show this baby all the love we know And in the morning, I'll make you up Some tea and toast" Well he took those words And he made them proud He worked day after day And hour after hour So that they could buy a little house just on the outside of town The little girl grew up and so did they They said that they loved each other every day And 40 years later, that brings us to now And as they're walking down the street Her grip loosens on his hand He puts her arm around his side as she falls to the ground He hears her breathing and that's the only sound Her body on the floor attracts a worried crowd Tears rolls off his face as he says, "Don't let go, now" And he's sitting by her bed in the hospital ward And their daughter walks in with a family of her own She says, "Dad, I don't know if she can hear you now But there's one thing Mum would want you to know" When the skies are looking bad, my dear And your heart's lost all it's hope After dawn there will be sunshine And all the dust will go The skies will clear, my darling Now it's time for you to let go I go to wake you up in the mornin' with some tea and toast