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Make No Mistake We All Make Mistakes

Have you ever been forgetful
When you're busy with a lot on your mind
As I do from time to time
Or just like me a scatterbrain

Like talking on the phone too long
And it ends up being a costly mistake
You smell something burning
Then realize it's the oven and it's your cake

Have you ever gone shopping for new clothes
And thought mmm that's nice
So you buy them and when you go to another store
The same clothes are only half the price

Searching for your spectacles High and low
In the kitchen even under the bed
When you suddenly realize their
Sitting over your eyes and on your head

Taken photographs
That never turned out
And remained aloft
Only then you realise after the penny has dropped
You never took the lens cover off

Ever been late
And met the wrong person
Upon a blind date
And you go red with embarrassment
Feeling ashamed
When you call them something 
That’s not their name

Been on holiday on your own
As soon as you get there
You want to go straight back home 

Have ever bought flowers for someone
On a windy day
By the time you’ve reached their house
All that’s left are flower stalks
The flower heads by now have blown away

Tried to impress everyone demanding attention
Thinking you’re an incredible dancer
And everyone laughed and began to chant
You have tucked the back of your skirt
Into your underpants

After a hectic busy day, you do something you never meant to say 
Suddenly the room goes quiet
Then you pretend you have nothing to say
Traumatised you apologise and feel bad you get up 
And quickly walk away
Ever left something behind on a bus or aeroplane
On a ship or a train
Never see what you lost
Ever again

Go for a meal on your own
And everyone stops eating
And begins to stare 
You wonder why 
It’s just so unfair
When everyone’s sat with someone
Usually in pairs

Ever been to the wrong house that looks 
Like yours not thinking a bit tipsy and drunk
And In the darkness head spinning you go to bed
Wake up in the morning only to find it’s not your partner
But a  fuming stranger instead

Been caught out completely soaked in the rain
And one smart so and so with one poorly brain cell
Think it’s funny I hear it again and again
Is it raining outside?
No 
I reply
I always jump in the shower with my clothes on
Then let them dry

No one is perfect and it’s true
Although we pretend we are
Not even I and not even you







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