“Why should I wait until tomorrow?
I've already been
I've already seen
All the sorrow that's in store”
Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
"Beg Steal or Borrow"
Lyrics and poetry
“The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.”
Source: The Collected Poems
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