These Dreams

[Verse 1] I keep my hopes and dreams inside you amongst these other things My mother seems to never see the bruises that I'm covering Never been known as my government name My foster home is where I've been placed away from the pain And now you sit before me, with a folder holding my story You're my saviour with nothing on me but hope and glory And surely, you'll never ignore me 'cos when the court came the court date was made to disappear for me You think you understand me, but never what I went through But you were never meant to, I won't hold it against you I take a ball point pen to play dot to dot With the cigarette burns etched in my forearms Forget me not, never let me stop, you'll just sit and watch It's your job to be patient so you'll let me off So come with me take a walk on the wild side And see life in a day through a child's eyes [Hook] And these dreams are all I have to hold me When sleep's the only thing I want to take me away, away [Verse 2] Okay session's over time to get back to the classroom I hate this lesson and I guess the teacher finds it hard too You told me I should try my best but guess what, I still find this trigonometry a head fuck Constantly told I won't pass my GCSEs I'll end up in Mac D's serving burgers and cheese But you told me I can do anything if I put my mind to it Mistakes make a change if you put a line through 'em Lately classmates think I'm crazy Turn up daily resembling Bill Bailey And I ain't saying that I can't be groomed with it Without new clothes or shower it's hard to do so After school you'll take me shopping for some new clothes But they'll get taken off me when I get back to the group home So come with me take a walk on the wild side And see life in a day through a child's eyes [Hook]