Another dawn, another date Another meeting of the ol’ G8 To change the world, make history Not compromise or hesitate
Try something, try anything Try help the situation Amidst the cries and demonstrations We hear the plans of favoured nations
“If it could be done”, they said, “the sooner then, the better” “It would be good if it was better than the way it was before” they said In the mire all together, when there’s so much to admire It seems “the emperor’s new clothes” is such a seasonable attire
The issues are of great import The problems very clear From fevered minds and tortured brows There’s such a lot to fear
From climate change to debt relief Surely couldn’t come much bigger All the power that is nuclear Whose finger’s on the trigger?
On the horns of this dilemma with death’s spectre in the wings Where democracy is waning, clearly it’s a “people thing” Yes, we’re in it all together and all our wishes are laid bare We taste “the truth without the trimmings” and we find it meagre fare
Welcome to “a day in the life show”, starring you and me and all It’s better than your realiTV, you just couldn’t make this stuff up As pandemics spread around the world... We’ve got pestilence, famine, fire and flood for the people in glasshouses
Now the good will is all over and we’re left with nothing good It seems “the best laid plans of mice and men” get trampled in the mud Yes, we’re in it all together, right up to our nether lip In this cesspit we inhabit, only takes a slip
“If it could be done”, they said, “the sooner then, the better” “It would be good if it was better than the way it was before” they said They said nothing too explicit, there’s no meat upon the bones “We’ll just have to wait and see”, they said, “just see how it goes...”, they said