Tell Me Why

from Back To My Place by Jim Danby

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No matter how we vote, it always seems we end up with the same false promises.

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So you're gonna change it all
Knock some bricks out of the wall
Make things better for the poor
Never lead us into war
Give us roads without a hole
Schools and teachers with a soul
Food that doesn't cost the earth
Nurses paid all that they're worth

Well damn you all
Damn you all
Tell me why I voted at all

And if your silver spoon should slip
From your heavy bottom lip
Will it bounce across the floor
Make the House Of Commons roar
As every decade passes by
And every party plays the lie
The only things that seem to change
Are the actors on the stage

Damn you all
Damn you all
Tell me why I voted at all
Damn you all
Damn you all
Tell me why I voted at all

I'm voting for none of the above
Well it's a bit of a no-win situation really isn't it
So I'm voting for none of them
Yes and I'm afraid to say I'm voting for none of the above
None of them

Well we put you into power, faintly hoping
That this time all the bets we placed will win
Then we stand upon the shore
To watch the tide of change arrive
But instead the same old sewage washes in

So damn you all
Damn you all
Tell me why I voted at all
Damn you all
Damn you all
Tell me why I voted at all

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from Back To My Place, released October 7, 2020
© Jim Danby 2020

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Singer-songwriter, based near Hull.

Influences come from life, love and laughter - sometimes viewed from a jaunty angle.

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