Lyrics

[Verse 1] I left a message to the future Apprentice to a journeyman Turning lathe on a factory floor Making furniture for the common man You'll find it in the headboard Of a bedroom suite with a queen sized frame A gentle hand with a fountain pen I wrote "I'll love you till my dying day" [Verse 2] I left a message to the future I was a tin-basher in a boom-town Summer wages on an autumn ticket Work till October, then I'm Dublin bound You'll find it in the duct work Where it'll never see the light of of the day A strong hand with a felt pen I wrote, "for you, I'd give it all away" [Bridge] I left a message to the future Call it futile, call it vain Call it tryin' to cheat the hangman Call it evil, call it vain I left a message to the future Maybe they'll find it, maybe not Past is past, past is present It's immoral, well it's all we've got [Verse 3] I left a message to the future He's six months old, he's got eyes of blue And when he cries, he looks like me And when he sleeps, he looks like you You'll find him in the nursery Yeah, he's sleeping in the night light's glow His own slate, his own chalk Where he'll end up, oh no one knows [Outro] I left a message to the future "I'll love you till my dying day" "For you, I'd give it all away" "Where he'll end up, no one knows" I left a message to the future