Politician's Ballad

Blinded by the southern wind
Of shooting stars
And hopes within
Silenced by the lapping sea
That taunts your lust
And sets you free
Trapped by the boundaries of imagination
Weaving its way through reality
Telling you that you can’t try
To be who you want to be
Spreading the rumours of a thousand lies
Through a thousand ears and a thousand eyes
Creating paths that spawn dead ends
That weave through myriads of bends
Playing the game of a thousand hallucinations
Through a thousand people and a thousand nations
Twisting the truths of a thousand facts
Through a thousand choices and a thousand acts
Lost in the game of cheating
The truth cannot be suppressed
Lost the art of laughter
And the art of joke and jest
Politics is finding,
The truth cannot be concealed
Through a thousand gasps and a thousand sighs
The truth will be revealed

Callan Davies