A few weeks ago Dave (Perry) asked me to write a song. I decided to give it a go. Here it is:
Welcome to a world full of poverty and greed
Where you can take what you want but can’t have what need
Everyone’s afraid of what they don’t know.
But you’re not as scared of it as it is of you.
The Christians and Muslims are all preaching love,
But the wackos in charge won’t keep the dove.
It’s true what they say about safety in numbers,
As long as they’re green,
On the cash machine screen.
There’s nothing they can do that isn’t done.
Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung.
Nothing they can say but they all learn how to lie just fine.
Is it easy?
Is Love all I need?
You tell me.
You take the lead.
We’re created through happiness but born through pain.
We’re told what to do until we’re made tame.
Chores at home, exams at school.
I don’t want to be a doctor,
Let me be a fool.
“Shut up and listen, and do as you’re told.”
“And eat up your greens before they get cold”
I’ll be me, and you can be you.
Why make it complex when it’s so easy to do?
They tell me I’m white and they tell him he’s black.
They make us feel different.
They put the bomb on his back.
They make up the fashion and we politely obey.
We’re straight if they say so, if not then we’re gay.
We try to be different, and end up the same.
But it’s not our fault- “Myspace’s to blame”
They control religion,
And government too.
They rule education,
Decide what is true.
They give us our food,
Tell us where to sleep,
Tell us when to laugh,
When to smile, when to weep.
They’re all around us, but yet you ask “Who?”
I should have said, but I thought that you knew.
Should I be honest? Am I to be true?
What will you think when I say that they’re you?”
Post your opinions. It is my first attempt ever, mind.
