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Tuesday 26 January 2021

T In The Lounge

T In The Lounge

What’s the attraction of festivals?

The discomfort and the expense?

The downside is really extensive -

Haven’t people got any sense?

 

They’re desperate to go to Glasto

Have a great blast-o

Get absolutely plast-o

Sail before the mast-o

Get stoned fast-o

 

Or that other great festival

The aptly-named Bestival

Where you get no rest-ival

Patience put to the test-ival

The insects are a jest-ival

And you head gets messed-ival

 

Then there’s T In The Park

With rock music to hark

Mongrels to bark

Snort a good narc

Chance to make your mark

As you pee in the dark

 

Nip over to the Isle of Wight

Use all your might

Get in a mud-fight

Or as high as a kite

Not feeling too bright

Well out-of-sight

Go to bed tight

 

I suppose it’s about the music,

But who wants expensive booze?

Cheesy chips, over-priced, greasy food?

And queuing just to use the portaloos?

 

Chemical toilets are a real downer,

And with the exposure to the sun’s rays,

The sunburn, the dehydration,

The not washing for five days.

 

And then there’s the camping,

Sleeping out on lumpy ground,

And even with elegant glamping,

A tent that can never be found. 

 

Watching the stage from half a mile away,

The sound is distorted and loud.

There’s a chance of food-poisoning,

And you get lost in the crowd.

 

The bouncers and security men are rough,

It’s quite a dud, in an ocean of mud,

Plastic glasses and polystyrene cups,

And warm cider’s really no good.

 

I could get very bitter

About all the litter

But I’m not a big-hitter

I get all of a jitter

I’m a miserable critter

I can’t help but witter

You see - I’m sofa-seat sitter

 

I like all the comforts of home:

A bed, a shower, and a good seat.

I can still eat shit food if I want to,

But watching on TV’s quite hard to beat!

 

 Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2021

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