6. This is your life

Time for your favourite programme
Wednesday, just past seven
Another chance to see into
The entertainment heaven
To peer behind the curtain
Sniff the hallowed air
Share the heavy laughter
All the family’s there

In half an hour a story’s told
From babe to man in pictures cold
Success succeeds success
The chorus chorus ‘Yes’
This is your life
This is your life
This is how it was intended
Satisfied you switch it off

As you wait there comes a knock
Men barge in, lights in your eyes
The man with the book and smile
Has sprung his sad surprise
You peer behind the curtain
The neighbours start to care
Embarrassed in the hallway
All the family’s there

But your story takes only seconds
There’s a page with just a few lines
No fabulous success
Something of a mess
This is your life
This is your life
Not quite how it was intended
Cheated they turn you off