stop the world cos I wanna get off (political song-poetry)
stop the world cos i wanna get off
There’s trouble a comin’
And a state of mind to mourn:
Kids are killing their teachers
And bringing guns to the yard
There’s a guy in office
whose political bent
Is to spew poison tweets
As if heaven sent
He’s championing white rights
And Free Speech doesn’t count
Don’t trust the media —
Only ‘fake news’ abounds
It’s become too familiar
And much clearer to see
Violence has boiled over
And is naked in the street
It’s become hard to deny
Freedom’s ship has leak
Our moral compass is screwed
Governmental approval is weak
Now kids hunt their classmates
Mass murderers target malls
Once Armaggedon’s unleashed
Our Democracy might fall
It’s become too familiar
Freedom’s ship has leak
Our moral compass is screwed
trust in the government is weak
These days parents lay fearful
Of every single school day
Wondering if their kids
Will be taken away
In body bags too numerous
Or perhaps just in chains
Diluting judicial order
Until only calamity remains
With armageddon unleashed
And buffoons leading the land
The courageous must rise or
It’s Democracy’s last stand
Oh, please stop the world
Everything has gone wrong
Life keeps getting harder
While rules become soft
They’re arming the teachers
Cos there’re guns in the yard
Changing schools into prisons
Complete with armed guards
All sanity’s been lost
With that possibility
By exhalting the NRA
The fall becomes reality
This guy in the White House
Accused of sexual assault
Is heard bragging the details
Holding the women at fault
His foreign alliance
Puts our Freedoms at risk
These are horrible truths
That cannot be dismissed
One thing I can tell you
We must hold onto Hope
And safeguard democracy
With Truth spearheading revolt
With armageddon unleashed
And buffoons leading the land
The courageous must rise or
It’s Democracy’s last stand
We can’t stop the world
Nor can we turn away
We must face the peril
And deny a trumped up fate
©Trish Shields