Dylan Cartlidge - Show Up Lyrics

I missed my train this morning,
Can't use the same excuse I went with last week.
My brother's Ill, still haven't called him.
Too busy working on this song no one needs.

Tired of living off favours,
Unacceptable behaviour.
My heart's buy now, pay later.
Not looking for a part time saviour.

So I'll make this a better world,
This ain't good enough.
You sat down cos it didn't work,
No good giving up.
Say that you're sorry,
And do the work with somebody
And show up!

Make this a better world,
Make it better.

And when I have kids, really hope they like me.
Can't be who I was before,
Can't leave just to settle the score.
Awake at night,
I think I might get a handle on my psyche.

But at least I'll know,
A peaceful flow,
And what I should be fighting for.

Success is one day without lying,
Take it one day at a time.
I got yours and you got mine.

So I'll make this a better world,
This ain't good enough.
You sat down cos it didn't work,
No good giving up.
Say that you're sorry,
And do the work with somebody
And show up!

Make this a better world,
Make it better.

Ok,
Show us the spaces for nuance,
And where's the role models for my kids when they grow up?
The cycle,
Keeps us lower than the gutter that's below us.
When dadless kids have dadless kids, and so on.

I'm refusing to be the hubris in the stats,
Like broken: tick,
Hopeless: tick,
Poor as shit, Black.
And that's a wrap,
Consensus accurately lacks
The facts is actually with the people in the back and the voiceless,
Preach!

So I'll make this a better world,
This ain't good enough.
You sat down cos it didn't work,
No good giving up.
Say that you're sorry,
And do the work with somebody
And show up!

Make this a better world,
Make it better.
Make it better.