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Dole Q Blues

If I'm the Master of my fate,

Is this all that I could create?

So then, I, Captain of my soul,

Have steered me to a life of dole.

depression   life   unemployment

â—„ Darling - Please Don't Call Me 'Dear'

Pickles and Porkpie â–º

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Tommy Carroll

Fri 25th Jul 2014 13:42

'Old' no as relevant then as now. Keep writing, keep writing more. Tommy

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Tommy Carroll

Sat 19th Jul 2014 19:47

Cheer-up Natalie, things can only get worse. Tommy

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