Welly Boots

'Welly Boots' is the 4th track on The Amazing Devil's second album, The Horror and the Wild.

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Lyrics
Awake awake you children bold Take hold of all your books and fold The corners, they warned us A storm is coming on What do you mean you’ve lost Your scarlet welly boots, do y’know what they cost? Wear a raincoat or it’ll soak you to the bone

What's it like, the children ask? It’s just like falling snow, I am above you, And I love you, don’t you know That I’ll be with you all along, as long as you are kind To those who are not strong and cannot find their scarlet welly boots

Cos when it’s cold I’ll wrap my scarf around you And when it’s hard I’ll place your head into my hands And when you scream that it’s not fair, It’s like I’ve gone off to the coast Left you behind just standing there Pretending not to see your ghost If only you could hear my voice But you are screaming far to loud to hear me swear Just because I left doesn’t mean that I’m not still there

I get to watch you grow up now And make me proud, make all of the mistakes that make me laugh, oh darling lord how you make me laugh Get drunk for me, sing louder than you’ve sung for me, Grow young each time that thunder in your lungs begins to rumble at the world

Cos you were always strong, When you were young, you’d kick things just to see if they would fall They said ‘that girl she’s wrong’ But I’ll stick up for you, even though you haven’t got a clue, you haven't got a fucking clue

And I’m so proud of you And when they laugh at us You’ll feel my fingers down your back And when you scream I’m not alright And throw my picture at the wall ‘You were supposed to be my light And keep me safe against them all How could you leave me here' you’ll scream And louder, I’ll scream back to you from that unknown And say I know you’re strong enough to do this on your own

I know you’re strong enough to do this on your Strong enough to do this on your Strong enough to do this on your own

And years from now at night that storm Will break, you’ll step outside to feel it shake And barefoot walk across the lawn You’ll miss me oh Jesus Christ you’ll miss me Just much as all those years ago, and you’ll look up at the storm

You’ll say ‘I’ve been so scared, you left me here behind, do you not care? How the fuck am I supposed to carry on without you here? Just when you’re about to give up every hope you have you turn around Perched by the stairs, someone’s gone and left behind A brand new pair of scarlet welly boots