M Archives - Dave Tutin

My Father’s Son

Posted: January 10, 2018

Taller than you by the age of twelve Took me years to understand It’s not in feet and inches That you measure a man All that I want said of me When all is said and done I was my father’s son I was my father’s son I couldn’t like the things you liked No […]

Marking Time

Posted: June 23, 2013

For Richard Tutin There’s something in my heart that shouldn’t be there Something in my soul I can’t explain A feeling like it isn’t really me there But a fragment of someone else’s pain It’s been there since I was born A coat that I have worn down through my winters of decline There’s something […]

Middle Ground

Posted: June 23, 2013

It’s where we used to stand It’s where we used to meet It shaped the conversation on every corner of every street It’s where the low were lifted The mighty were brought down It said we’re all the same In rags or evening gown Look in the darkest shadows Search the world around You’ll find […]

More Than Enough

Posted: June 23, 2013

Didn’t think I’d make it Quite this far I wear my life Like an old scar But I got you And I got your love And that’s more than enough Some hearts got broken Along the way I know we’re sorry But it’s too late to say Didn’t always stay True to myself I learned […]

Merciful Release

Posted: June 23, 2013

Want to see the blue sky Where no buildings block the sun Don’t care how many years I’ve had I want to feel like I’ve just begun I want to make it Out of the city I want to make it In one piece I’ve been dreaming for so long Of this merciful release I […]

More By Luck Than Judgment

Posted: June 23, 2013

We’ve come so far We’ll go farther still We’ll take the strain We’ll climb that hill We’ll break the borders We’ll cross the lines Face whatever time designs And more by luck than judgment We’ll make it to the end my friend We never knew What was in our fate We just had to move […]