Reasons To Be Worried

Reasons To Be Worried

It doesn’t pay to be too optimistic,

In this life that’s already grey and dull,

Because you’re bound to be disappointed,

If you think that the glass is half full. 

Let me tell you some of my reasons,

For this position I’m knowing on:

If you believe all in the garden’s rosy,

Then you’ve no idea what’s going on! 

Let’s start with lying politicians,

Who seem to want to make it their mission,

To convince us we’re all in it together,

And to believe in their coalition. 

There’s Cameron and that chap Osbourne,

And I respectfully ask leave to beg,

If we have to have the pair of them,

What’s the point of that other chap Clegg? 

And Labour these days are not up to much,

They let the unions get out of hand,

And one other thing that’s bothering me -

How many Milibands make up a Centiband? 

Insurance companies, loss adjusters,

Estate agents and also the bankers,

Astrologers and charlatans all,

But for careful rhyming you can thank us. 

Network Rail works at the speed of a snail,

London Underground has never been sound,

And you’ll find First Great Western’s no better,

On the Trainline all you get is the run-around. 

Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Mormons,

The Moonies and Christian Scientists,

The English Defence League out on the streets,

Prepared to settle arguments with fists. 

Duchy Originals and other such brands,

With marketing hype and all that filler,

In fact anything sponsored by the Royals,

Especially that Charles and Camilla.

United States’ foreign policy,

The FBI and the CIA,

Sedition, rendition, water-boarding,

And Mitt Romney – well, what can I say? 

Famine in Africa, war in Sudan,

Dictators, despots and hard tales of torture,

There’s Israel, Gaza and Palestine,

Problems seemingly without any cure. 

Global warming and climate-change deniers,

Earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes,

Ice-cap shrinkage and some species extinct,

What are we to make of all those? 

And back in the UK we’ve got recession,

Fiscal probity, economic cut-backs,

Changes in benefits, VAT,

No lending or mortgages, income tax! 

Celebrities, “TOWIE” and Jedward,

Reality shows and make-over shows,

How long can the search go on for talent?

With X-Factor and Strictly, God alone knows. 

One day it’ll all mash up into just one,

And what’s left of this Island Nation,

Will watch Flog It In The Attic Challenge,

Revisited In The Country Location.

Brits will never win at Wimbledon,

It’s obviously just not in our genes,

We’re a nation of under-dogs I guess,

Always the runners-up – that’s what it means. 

Extended warranties, the list goes on and on,

There’s always a sale at Land of Leather

And as if all that weren’t quite enough,

We’ve got the bloody English weather!

 

Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2012