Category: Rhyming
Goodbye America
Politicians say they made America Great again
They put us back on top where we belong
Both sides say that they are right
But both side know that they are wrong
It’s always a one sided conversation
Theirs’s no one up there listening to us
If their lips are moving, then they are lying
There’s no one left that we can trust
So look deeper into their story my friends
And you will learn the faithful truth
That drugs, death and violence
Are still taking away our youth
500 Thousand Americans
Are still living helpless on the streets
But don’t worry, politicians have the answer
They’ll just send out another vicious tweet
Abortions, pollution, over population and gun control
Student debt, civil rights and gender equality
Hell, we’ve been crying about the high cost of living
Since way back in 1973
Our parents are forced out of their homes
All hope of their dignity is lost
Because Social Security barely pays the bills
Let alone their outrageous healthcare costs
So while the world is falling apart
What is it that our leaders do
Sit around with their heads stuck up their ass
Looking for a better way to screw me and you
You know that I don’t really give a damn
About some meaningless trumped up wall
But if it helps us then give it to the man
Trying something is better than nothing at all
Because we’re just moving in a circle
And we’re getting nowhere fast
America’s running out of time
And our country cannot last
By the time our children’s children
Are called upon to take the floor
They will walk in our footsteps of ignorance
Because we will have taught them nothing more
Dementia
You could not understand why
There was no one there that could hear you cry
You didn’t know I could feel each tear that burned you
You thought needing help was a sin
So you refused to let anyone in
While I screamed to God to show me what to do
You used to be so full of song
Then you found your music had long since gone
The silence crept upon you without warning
It left you very far from home
On a path you thought you must walk alone
With no one there to help you find the morning
For too many years late in life
After your darkness had eaten the light
And the nightmares pushed away reality
Locked away in your broken shell
Where you battled with demons from your hell
And struggled to find a way to be set free
I watched the spark fade from your eyes
Till your mask of life fell, without surprise
Still it left me with a heart cold and broken
I lost you in this life that’s true
I don’t know how to say goodbye to you
I’m sorry for all the words I left unspoken
I Should Be Fishing
All my bosses up above me
Are always pushing and trying to shove me
Into doing twice the work
For half the pay
And when 5 o’clock finally comes
I think my working day is done
They say I have to work
3 more hours today
Because Joe Blow didn’t show
And I guess I’m the only other one who knows
How to push a button
To start this damn machine
So while the sweat pours down my back
My ten bosses stand around and eat their snack
And talk about how
We all need to work as a team
But when it comes time to talk about a raise
“Well boy, you can be replaced any day
By a one eyed squirrel
Or a half dead baboon”
Among the Stars and Moon
Among the Stars and Moon
You told me so many stories
Tales of someday very soon
Your God would lift our mortal veil
And we would join the stars and moon
I paid no heed to your warnings
For I was innocent and young
I had so many dreams to live
Too many songs left yet unsung
Tonight the ring broke the silence
Told me your words had come to pass
That your God sent down his Angels
And they welcomed you home at last
Now, that age has crept upon me
Can’t help but think about it all
How, in my life, I seldom prayed
That’s if I ever prayed at all
If it’s not too late my brother
I’ll learn that celestial tune
So that we might dance together
Out there, among the stars and moon
Jerry Brotherton 