Building Jerusalem
Folk hang around the vacant streets; what are
they waiting for?
The pavements do not care about the famished
and the poor
If you don’t have any money then forget about
the store
Jerusalem cannot be built on greed
The rubbish bins are rummaged through to put
food on a plate
While families join a dreadful queue for food
that’s out of date
And hungry beggars buy bread instead of substances
of late
Jerusalem cannot be built on greed
The working class need decent jobs; a thing that
many lack
The trade unions have been dispatched after
state attack
With longer working hours and less money or
the sack
Jerusalem cannot be built on greed
House prices are increasing while the homeless
numbers rise
With cardboard to protect them from the dragon
of the skies
Even though it’s city thugs where the greatest
danger lies
Jerusalem cannot be built on greed
What happened to the decades when we shared
what we had?
Before the corporate people argued greed was
not so bad
Followed by the men in suits promoting this mad
fad
Jerusalem cannot be built on greed
Our leaders have no values with the wealthy
much the same
Depriving innocent people is the real purpose
of this game
Although naturally it’s the victims that receive
the blame
Jerusalem cannot be built on greed
And so they call this progress meaning
progress for the rich
While Mother Nature deteriorates like a vast
polluted ditch
And greed receives a grooming worthy of a
poodle bitch
What say we build Jerusalem on need?
The End
© Frankie Spiritu
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