It’s the End of the World*
Not great
it ends with applause,
a flood and wildfire
George Carlin
rolling over in his grave.
Eye of the hurricane
North Carolina swept away
politicians pay for genocide
but not for your needs.
Tighten up your belt a notch
eat, sleep, work till you die
climb the corporate ladder
don’t listen to the clatter
as children die.
How they all conspire
never ceasing fire
with a government for hire
it’s all pay to play.
Red team, blue team
reporters all scream
whatever they’re told
to trump all day.
Look at those immigrants
and Iran.
Uh oh, here we go
entire populations
buried to preserve
the status quo
as all they do is
save themselves
serve themselves
ignoring all our needs
as the whole world bleeds.
Tell me again with all
the snark and memes
of the left gone right
you vitriolic, patriotic
sham-scam liberal
alt-far-right
feeling pretty numb.
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
and I don’t feel fine.
Round the clock TV hour
elections bought by foreign powers
all they do is lie and squirm,
listen to yourself churn out
what they want you to say,
wars just escalate
as propaganda propagates.
Red sheep. Blue Sheep
not a single peep
of accountability
from either side
just march in line.
Uh oh, this means live in fear
and act all cavalier as you stand clear
of any real debate, never contemplate
that you’ve been fed a mountain of lies.
All they offer is war.
All they offer is poverty.
Well, I decline.
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
and I don’t feel fine.
The other night I saw the screen
a cosmic shift, a silent scream
a mushroom cloud, a cheering crowd
Leonard Cohen, Leon Trotsky
Stein and West, still the best
Popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy, boom
You idiotic, patriotic, red-blue-neck
Right? Right.
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
and I don’t feel fine.
* yes, based on REM.
