The Sun Has A Solar Flare

THE SUN HAS A SOLAR FLARE
THE EARTH JUST TILTED ON ITS AXIS
THE DEMON LIES IN HIS LAIR
AND LICKS AT THE GODDESS ABRAXAS
VOLCANOES LONG, LONG DORMANT
SEND UP PLUMES OF GAS
INDIA AND PAKISTAN
START TALKING TRASH
IN THESE DARK DAYS


LET'S WALK TO THE NEAREST CLIFF
LET'S WALK TO THE RIVER
THERE HAS BEEN A SEISMIC SHIFT
I FELT THE WHOLE EARTH QUIVER
LET'S HOLD THE PARTY WE SAID
WE WOULD ALWAYS HOLD
ME WITH THEIR BLOOD ON MY HANDS
YOU WITH THEIR GOLD
IN THESE DARK DAYS


YOUR CONSCIENCE IS WORTHLESS HERE
GO PEDDLE IT UNDER THE STREET UGHTS
THE HUBRIS OF LOVE YOU CARRY
IS ATTRACTING A SWARM OF MEAT FLIES
BRANDISH, BRANDISH YOUR WEAPON BABE
SHARPEN YOUR SHARPEST KNIVES
IF YOU'RE NOT THE KING OR THE QUEEN
YOU'RE JUST WORKIN' FOR THE HIVE
IN THESE DARK DAYS

Dark Days, by Graham Parker 

File under Current Events.

1:13:23 AM