Hell to pay (Performance: Ian Holford; Copyright Lyrics Tim Eldridge 2008 Music Ian Holford 2009)

Come in from the garden I hear my mama call
It’s starting to rain and you’re gonna catch cold
If you don’t come in now you’ll get drenched to the bone
And you’re gonna get hell when your father gets home

And then the heavens opened wide
I’d have been better off inside
Oh which to choose and which is right?
But for a while time was on my side

Chorus
Yes I’ll get hell for makin’ hay
Have a hell of a time, then have hell to pay
My mama’s words still ring in my ears
I’m gonna get hell at the end of the day

Years later my friends said ‘You’re gonna get burned,
She’s a man-eating tigress, she loves then she spurns’
But to hell with their caution, so sound and so wise
How much sweeter it seemed to be eaten alive

And then pure heaven opened wide
I was sure better off inside
Oh which to choose and which is right?
But for a while time was on my side

Repeat chorus

Now sweet world of sin I have loved you too well
But I can’t take your pleasures and riches to hell
When my time comes to die it’s to heaven I’ll go
I’ll knock on those gates and just hope that they don’t know

And I hope heaven opens wide
Cos I’ll sure be better off inside
Oh which to choose and which is right?
Thank heaven time’s on my side

Repeat chorus