Go to uni. GO to uni.
You can..chill he says
And imitates smoking.
Why would I get myself
In debt so I could
Lounge around getting
Stoned all day
And pi^sed up at weekends.
I wanted a chance
At having a better life.
I wanted a career.
And I would have needed
To work at the weekend
And during holidays
Unlike him because
My parents would not
Subsidise my future.
They would bail me
Out of a sticky spot.
They never gave my
Younger sibling a deposit
For a car when he
Secured his apprenticeship
So what were the chances
They would have made
Life easier for me back then
When I was eighteen?
They became more
Financially comfortable by
The time I moved
In with Fred. Things change.
When I looked into
Getting a bursary at
The local College
My household income
I.e. my parents pay
Was too high for
Me to qualify for much
Of a bursary.
I was always
Falling through cracks.