It's-Just-As-Simple As That Poem by Mark Heathcote

I've-been-in-need of mercy
I've-been-in-need of love
And all of the above.

I've-been-in-need of the truth
I've-been-in-need of money,
Just-to-provide food and a roof.

I've been homeless-and-hungry
I've been drunken and lonely,
I've-been-in-need all my life.

But all my life's wants weren't
Out of greed: Like some lowlife.
It's-much-simpler than that?

I've just had to follow my creed
I've just had to follow my soul
It's like pulling a rabbit from a hat.

It's like falling down-some-manhole
It's just the same as paying vat
It's-just-as-simple as that?