Mine, by right!

Year by year my deductions were taken,
By the clerk, from my pay, at the pit,
And I thought at this time, that this pension was mine,
I thought I was paying for it.

I was told, in my age, it was part of my wage,
Not a ‘benefit’, there to be sought,
I had paid all my life, both myself, and my wife,
I thought it was something I’d bought.

So don’t tell me now I’m a beggar,
And don’t say that my pension’s a gift,
It was part of a contract between us,
And I kept my own part of it.

Don’t say that it costs you a fortune,
To pay out on these pensions each day,
For you have had our money and spent it,
Or given it all away.

You must honour your own obligation,
Pay MY pension in full, and on time,
It was part of my pay, week by week, day by day,
It was only deferred – IT IS MINE!

Mick
(Copyright Michael Westwood 2014)