Is It Too Late ?

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Robin Grimmond

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Thousands of years ago
In the Garden of Eden
Eve and Adam had an event

If you believe that, fine and well
But many others love to tell
A different tale of how things actually went

But either way the world began
Whatever was the final plan
Insanity is spreading
Where exactly are we heading?

So many tears have been cried
So many hopes have crashed and died
We've all got a ticket on this crazy ride
That's something that can't be denied

So lets all bid a fond farewell
To Edison and Alexander Graham Bell
To Garibaldi and William Tell
Debbie Harry and Richard Hell
Grandmaster Melle Mell

Brothers Righteous, Walker, Doobie
Lee Harvey Oswald shot by Jack Ruby
But who really shot JFK?

Man still trying to explore space
While climate change continues apace
Too many still think it'll be OK

Mass poverty displayed on old newsreels
Roosevelt developed his New Deal
It made such a difference and how
But are things much better now ?

The USA plagued by mass shootings
Ukraine invaded by Vladimir Putin
Folk no longer go first footing
That Hogmanay custom has long died

So lets have a final dialogue
About Yogi Bear and Deputy Dawg
Sherlock Holmes and Phileas Fogg
Planxty and Tir Na Nog
Rishi and Jacob Rees Mogg
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dawg

Now for decades we've gone on our own way
Ignoring the impending emergency
We've very much been asleep at the wheel

We've been so focussed on getting rich
Too many wanting to scratch that particular itch
Is it already too late for the world to heal?

While the rest of the world turned away
Too many tyrants have had their day
Their infamous reputations well earned
Lessons still unlearned

And while Lennon returned from Central Park
He came upon a fan called Mark
Extinguished another creative spark
The day his music died

Lets say adios to Macca and the Boss
Who said Rolling Stones gather no moss?
Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross
Duke Ellington and Joe Loss
Bryan Adams and Christopher Cross

Helter skelter some found no shelter
From Charles Manson and his devoted helpers
Labianca and Sharon Tait

That fateful day at Altamount
By a Hells Angel knife a spectator was downed
Still no one held to account
Another victim of fear and hate

Who could ever forget the four minute mile
Roger Bannister achieved it in style
Its been broken so often since then
We're in the age of supermen

The world was ruled by the Fab Four
For seven glorious years or more
Never again see their like for sure
So many classics they did pen

Let's all say one last auf widersehen
To Sean Connery and Michael Caine
Meryl Streep and Shirley Maclaine
Gary Cooper and John Wayne
Charles Dickens and Mark Twain

And there we were feeling quite smug
Till the world was laid low by the Covid bug
Lockdown was oh so strange

Though many regimes crumbled fast
The Arab spring didn't last
Has anything really changed?

And as we watched events unfold
High hopes vanished, if truth be told
Little then did we know
All that remained was the status quo

Revolution the people did incite
For freedom the people they did fight
Little change occurred, try as they might
The pace of change goes slow

Lets all sing Au Revoir
To Ibiza and Lloret Del Mar
To Aldis, Tescos, Asda and Spar
Petrol, diesel and electric cars
Restaurants, coffee shops and sports bars

I met an acquaintance that I once knew
We'd knock back one or two
But he'd seen the error of his ways

He'd been tee total ten years or more
And now ran a health food store
We both had nothing much to say

And in the streets, homeless pleaded
Government didn't provide what's needed
A critical situation
High prices, high inflation

And the two men that most spring to my mind
Michael Nesmith and John Prine
Their legacies shimmer and shine
Their music will never die

So its very much see you, see you later
To stocks and shares and speculators
To social media influencers and facilitators
I.T. consultants and content creators

The world will be singing
Bye bye, farewell and adieu
To google, facebook, twitter, instagram and yahoo
Will we return to the swamp and the goo?
Very much up to me and you

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