Can you

Can you lend me some money to get a packet of fags
Have you got any coffee or a few tea bags.

Can you give me some potatoes or a few slices of bread.
It’s only until my money comes as the kids have not been fed.

Can you look after the kids while I go to see a mate 
I swear I will be twenty minutes and I will not be late.

Can you please understand why I’m calling on the phone 
Can the kids stay the night as I can’t get back home.

Can you come to the court and would you stand my bail
As I was arrested selling drugs and they are sending me to jail.
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