Kit Kelen #1427 - secret ballot (song)

1427

secret ballot

notes for a song

here’s the big lie

did you vote for it?

that we’re so good

no harm by us

nobody’s going to say

guilt’s a little wallow

it’s a secret ballot

that’s a kind of ballet  

did you waltz in,

vote for the big lie?

did you suck it up?

did you swallow?

could you see right through them

telling you?

it was never our fault

we were following orders

white lie

just the ticket

someone had to barb the borders

on account of the sticky wicket

here it is

did you vote for it?

no one’s game to say

did you vote for what they’re doing to them?

what they’re doing to us?

are you in their pay?

no one’ll notice us

we’re so small

couldn’t make a difference

not if we tried

and we’re so good

no harm from us

did you fall

for that one?

don’t point at us

when the planet’s fried

did you vote for the big fat lie?

did you swallow it?

are you spreading it round?

bad taste in your mouth

does it stick in your throat?

or do you prefer to lie with the liars?

does it suit you better to gloat?

this idea of your innocence

did you fall for that?

how we had to do less

cause of tit for tat?

did you vote for the big fire

for the drought?

how long can you keep yourself safe

selling freedoms?

how many trees till your forest is gone?

did you believe the highest bidder?

chuffed to be worth so much

were you bought?

all nodding along

because birds in soiled nests agree

‘it wasn’t me, it was never me’

and we were never caught

you can file a lie away

put it under ‘not for now’

or ‘might never happen’

how good is a lie?

did you vote for it?

how many fingers am I holding up?

black was white last time I looked

here’s the big lie

no harm by us

and what can we do if the planet’s cooked?

did you notice the animals voting?

did you see when the trees stood up?

did you feel how the world was turning?

did you hear them all say enough?

it was a sacred ballot

so nobody can know

the markets will do terrifically well

the city is underwater

the bush is on fire and it’s blowing away

buy up shares in insurance!

do you know how the ghosts are voting

the country

the soil

the seas

?

maybe we should vote for them

maybe vote with the trees

twinge of remorse you unworlded the change?

never thought that would work

the graph goes up and on

here’s the big lie

did you vote for it?

that we’re so good

no harm by us

sacred ballot’s

our little ballet

cough and splutter

then we all go out

no one will ever know how we voted

when this wicked world is gone