Planes and ships

The squirrels chase each other
up and down the trees
the buzzard swoops towards them
while the magpies screech
this is not on your video
where some villages explode

       Planes take off
       and ships set sail
       for places in the sun
       all to no avail
       no one's having fun

Sat drinking with my mother
talking thru' the night
sometimes that's not so easy
still it's only right
with death and murder in the air
all we do is show we care

         refr.

the arguments are flying
in cafe's and in bars
we sleep it off on sundays
and then wash our cars
while later on the evening news
gives out censured hints and clues

      refr.


1991.