Would That I Could but I Can't

When I look around me I see

The craziness in our society:

So many are looking for fame;

Yes, so many seek notoriety.

For instance, we’ll take Mister X:

He’s not happy with just being a resident--

Not satisfied helping his constituents--

He feels that he has to be President!

 

(Refrain)

Please give me a drink from that grand loving cup!

Hurry, please hurry ‘cause I ought to shut up.

But...

I want to, but I know that I won’t.

Would that I could, but I can’t.

Maybe I must, yet I mustn’t.

I know that I should, but I shan’t.

 

And then there are those talk radio hosts

Who have nothing better to do

Than to stir up their listeners with nonsense,

Most of which is downright untrue.

I certainly can’t help but wonder

Where they obtain all their “facts.”

Can they be as nutty as they sound?

Or are they just putting on acts?

 

(Refrain)

 

What about some politicians

Who look down from their lofty towers--

Who don’t give a damn about people--

Who blather about nothing for hours?

How do they get where they’ve gotten?

How many deals have they made

With companies and corporations?

I wonder what favors they trade....

 

(Refrain)

 

One more thing that astounds me

Is how the naysayers find their way

Into the hearts of the voters

Whom they will then keep at bay.

They fail to look at the warnings--

At writings so clear on the wall.

They’d rather play dumb and consequently,

Their negligence, oh yes, will kill us all!

 

SO...give me a drink from that grand loving cup!

Hurry, though, please hurry ‘cause I ought to shut up.

But...

I want to, but I know that I won’t.

Would that I could, but I can’t.

Maybe I must, yet I mustn’t.

I know that I should, but I shan’t.

(3-22-14)