Well...somebody had the fantastic idea that we'd each be allocated an alien genre to write a song in...and I was given "Show Tunes" so I came up with this. I'm not sure how a show tune is supposed to go...but this was my guess at it...a sort of lonely monologue kind of thing and then an overblown bit in the middle before it drifts away again. I dunno...
@MichaelA came up with a brilliant song that almost made me laugh 'til i cried...and John
@pompeyjazz was quick off the mark too...they were both great inspiration for me...So I thought I'd quickly write a song about a story that made me cry 'til I almost laughed.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/poisoned-by-their-own-people-634147.html40 Pounds
Riches beyond comprehension
Treasures you’ll never behold
Requiring a wicked deception
And facts you can never be told
We have no permanent allies
We need no permanent friends
We only have permanent interests
And will die in achieving those ends
Swear all the peasants to silence
Abandon them all to their fate
If you don’t fuck off back to your hole in the ground
A room in the tower awaits
They serve the elites with their brilliant minds
And hearts that are harder than stone
What would they do to those in their way
When this is what we do to our own?
Feeding crustaceans on country estates
With the blood, sweat and tears of our youth
You might well be wondering at what point in time
We became so afraid of the truth
The finance department has looked at your case
As an act of goodwill we propose
A settlement sum…shall we say £40?
Consider the matter now closed
£16 for funeral expenses
£4 for the catering bill
and £20 is plenty to dress you in black
Think of The Crown what you will