Sun

How many times have you woken up
and prayed for the rain?

How many times have you seen the papers
apportion the blame?

Who gets to say who gets the work,
who gets to play?

I was always told at school,
everybody should get the same.

How many times have you been told
if you don’t ask you don’t get?

How many liars have taken your money,
your mother said you shouldn’t bet?

Who has the fun? Is it always the man with the gun?

Someone must have told him,
if you work too hard you can sweat.

There’s always the sun.

There’s always the sun.

Always, always, always the sun.

How many times have the weathermen
told you stories that made you laugh?

Y’know it’s not unlike the politicians and the leaders
when they do things by half.

Who gets the job of pushing the knob?

That sort of responsibility you draw straws for,
if you’re mad enough.

There’s always the sun.

There’s always the sun.

Always, always, always the sun.

The Stranglers, “Always the Sun”, Dreamtime