Things that matter - B.Pearce
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Laughing,
smiling at a questing child
frowning
when they're teenage
growing wild
Show them how they should be
on the make
If they walk the line?
They'll have a stake
Education neatly planned
to keep aloof those in command
and
within their mind
it's no surprise
the things that matter
are their school ties
Things that matter
are in disguise
so who am I to analyse
Except I slept to early dawn
while people died
and people were born
And then I yawned
with thoughts that claim
that every morning is
just the same
But things that matter
are in disguise
I'm growing older
but none more wise
Midnight slumber to early dawn
People dying
and people born
Woke up yawning with thoughts that claim
that every morning is
just the same
Organic matter production line
Long or short
there comes our time
The world is changing before our eyes
but things that matter
are in disguise
Things that matter
are in disguise
new born baby always cries
and it always takes a while
before they take a chance and smile
All the way to puberty
they rely on you and me
to re-assure them so they'll realise
that things that matter
are not in disguise
To get ahead, we run or chase
no wonder we're the human race
but who can say
just who has won?
or who has fired the starting gun
Teach our children
what we think should be
what our corporations want to see
The world is changing before our eyes
but things that matter
are in disguise
