Sing All Our Cares Away

Mary loves the grouse

Hides the bottles 'round the house

She watches chat shows and the soaps

Brokenhearted but she copes



Michael's out of work

Feels he's sinking in the murk

He's unshaven and a mess

Finds it hard some days to dress



Stevie smashed the delf

'Cause he can't express himself

He's consumed by rage

Like his father at his age



Rita's little child

Has a lovely little smile

But this means nothing to her father

Because he's never even seen her



And we sing, sing all our cares away

And we live to fight another day



Joey's off the gear

He's been clean for half a year

He gets bored out of his mind

But he's trying to toe the line



Maggie's in a chair

'Twas joyriding put her there

She puts the kettle on the boil

And she's always got a smile



And we sing, sing all our cares away

And we live to fight another day

Yeah, we sing, sing all our cares away

And we live to love another day



We grow strong from it all

We grow strong or we fall

We grow strong from it all

We grow strong or we fall



And we sing all our cares away