I'M Traveling Home, I'M Traveling Light Poem by NIGEL SANDERS

I'M TRAVELING HOME, I'M TRAVELING LIGHT
GOING TO GET BACK, IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT
I'M SO HAPPY I COULD SING OUT LOUD
COS THE WOMAN I LOVE HAS DONE ME PROUD

HAD TO GET A JOB WORKING AWAY
DIDN'T WANT TO GO BUT IT WAS BETTER PAY
GOT A PHONE CALL NEAR THE END OF MY SHIFT
I'D WALK ALL THE WAY IF I DON'T GET A LIFT

BEEN LABOURING HARD ON A SITE DOWN SOUTH
HITCHED A RIDE WITH A GUY FROM LOUTH
WE GOT TO TALKING, HIS NAME WAS ROY
I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY NEW BABY BOY

HE HAD A WIFE, HER NAME WAS RITA
THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, CALLED HER ANITA
HE MET HER MUM WHEN SHE WAS A DANCER
ROY STARTED CRYING, SHE'D DIED OF CANCER

HE WORKED LONG HOURS DRIVING HIS VAN
IF DAD WAS LATE, ANITA STAYED WITH HER NAN
THE DAUGHTER WAS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
I SHOOK ROYS HAND WHEN WE SAID GOODBYE

ONLY HAD TO WALK THE LAST FEW MILES
MY WIFE LOOKED TIRED, BUT HER FACE WAS ALL SMILES
MY NEWBORN SON WAS LAID BY HER SIDE
HIS EYES TIGHT SHUT, BUT HIS MOUTH OPEN WIDE

HELD MY WIFES HAND, SAID "I LOVE YOU SO"
SHE WHISPERED BACK "I ALREADY KNOW"
THEN SHE TOLD ME "I LOVE YOU TOO"
"AND I'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU"

A COT WAS BROUGHT IN, MY HEAD BEGAN TO WHIRL
THERE TOGETHER, ANOTHER BOY AND A GIRL
SCANS ARE NOT ALWAYS FOOLPROOF IT SEEMS
BUT WHO CARES, I'VE THE FAMILY OF MY DREAMS