Check your nails,
primp your hair,
fix your tie,
pull that food out of your teeth,
people die
~
Meet the boss,
play the silly fool,
smile to your strangers
walking by,
be sure we all can see your eyes,
people die
~
plan your life,
hug your animal
frolic in the springtime air,
plant your garden,
there’s more beyond the world you live,
people die
~
‘I read the news today, oh boy’
‘if you try sometime, you get what you need’
‘and you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack’
‘there’s a man over there with a gun in his hand’
‘stand up and be counted’
everything sounds so familiar and right when we lose!
~
for the years continue to climb,
lives begin and transpire
incidents define,
heart and soul and positivity decline
while we every day wake up to the morning news …
people still die.
~
© Thom Amundsen 2016 March
Lyrics
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Talking Heads
Buffalo Springfield
AC/DC
