GRAHAM`S LAMENT

There isn`t any justice--it`s got to be a fix

LONDON has rejected me for 1986

On my entry envelope there was a sticker with regrets

So I won`t be at the red start with the virgins and the vets

I won`t produce adrenalin down in Greenwich Park

Or run beside the river Thames or past the Cutty Sark

It really is depressing and enough to make me sob

I`ll miss the view from Tower Bridge and the interview with Bob

I won`t be heading eastwards, into the Isle Of Dogs

Or share my sponge with Spedding as along the road he "jogs"                                     Racing through St. Katherine`s Dock and past the ancient sloop

I`ll wonder if I would have been within the leading group

I won`t be on the radio I won`t be on the box

I won`t be with the "also-rans" down through London Docks

The thought of The Embankment is more than I can take

For without a doubt that`s the spot I would have made my break

Chris Brasher you are heartless, I bet you just don`t care

That I won`t receive deserved applause through Trafalgar Square

The Queen will be disheartened---Princess Diana too

When I don`t pass the palace gates and Chris it`s down to you

David, Ron and Brendan will find it hard to talk

When I`m not there to make the pace up through Birdcage walk

The finish on the telly will just give me the blues

So I`ll go and dig the garden (I`ll wear my running shoes)

This LONDON situation Chris, has made me so despondant

I could divorce myself from running--with you as co-respondant

There is`nt any justice--it`s got to be a fix

LONDON has rejected me for 1986 !!

Pc86