mary loves the grouse hides the bottles round the house she watches chatshows and the soaps broken hearted but she copes michael s out of work feels he s sinking in the murk he s unshaven and a mess finds it hard some days to dress stevie smashes the delf cause he can t express himself he s consumed by rage like his father at his age rita s little child has a lovely little smile this means nothing to her father because he s never even seen her we sing sing all our cares away we ll live to fight another day joey s off the gear he s been clean for half a year he gets bored out of his mind but he s tryin to toe the line maggie s in a chair twas joyriding put her there she puts the kettle on the boil and she s always got a smile we sing sing all our cares away we ll live to fight another day we sing sing all our cares away we ll live to love another day we grow strong from it all we grow strong or we fall we grow strong from it all we grow strong or we fall we grow strong