I thought I'd take a walk today
It's a mistake I sometimes make
My kids lay asleep in bed
I I kissed her softly on the brow
I tried not to make a sound
But with stony eyes she looked at me
And gently squeezed my hand
Call it intuition, something learned
But when she looked up at me,
hanging directly above her
How have I offended thee?
Wrap your tender arms around me
They called at me through the
They were not making any sense
They claimed that I had lost the plot
Kept saying that I was not
They held their babes aloft
Threw marshmallows at the security
And said that I'd grown soft
call it a creeping suspicion,
But their words of derision meant
For even I could see in the
sticking right through me
How have I offended thee?
Wrap your tender arms round me
Now I'm at the hairdressers
People watch me as they move past
A guy wearing plastic antlers
Presses his bum against the glass
Now I'm down on my hands and knees
"What are you looking for?"
I scream, "The plot, the plot!"
She screams, "Leave us alone!" I say,
The hairdresser with his scissors,
I can't even believe what I can see
Be mindful of the prayers you send
Pray hard but pray with care
For the tears that you are crying now
Are just your answered prayers
The ladders of life that we scale merrily
In fact you're climbing down
Into the hollows of glamour,
where with spike and hammer
they chose to turn the screw
Oh I hate them all for what they
How have I offended thee?
Wrap your tender arms 'round me
