You know when you was born?
Well you don’t really, do ya?
I mean to say, you rememba’
nuffink ’bout wot ‘eppened befowa’
or, if you fink, fo’ that matta’,
nuffink for a long time afta’, eeva’.
Neeva’ do I.
An’, when you die you’ll know
nuffink ’bout what’s gonna ‘appen afta’
or, if you fink, fo’ that matta’ too
nuffink at all eva’ afta’, eeva’.
But ovva people will see the steeple
what you built an’ the poems what I wrote.
We’re all in the same boat, really.