Icing On The Cake - Stephen Duffy

Baby, let me make you a statue

To stand outside the council house

To stand as a reminder of what you are

And what you want to be

I want to live with you

Want to sleep with you

In a house, in a peaceful world

They want to take you

They want to break you

Don’t let them make you unhappy

You are the icing on the cake

The party on the street

The love you cannot fake

The truth you cannot cheat

You were left on the doorstep

Of the Social Security

You were hoping for a future as someone

Not just a leisure refugee

I always saw you as a fighter and a winner

Not content to only write your name

Their right way is the wrong way for what you are

And what you were born to be

Born to be young and free

To be young and wise

Not to listen to all their lies

Don’t let them make you

Don’t let them break you

Don’t let them make you unhappy

Here we come waltzing home

By the moon so bright

By the sea, by the harbour wall

They want to take you

They want to break you

Shape you and make you unhappy