Author: shaun tenzenmen

Australasian DIY music specialist and practising poet, amongst other things

Telethon – 30th May 1988

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Yes, the telethon was for a commendable cause
But the whole idea just made me sick
In our hi-tech world, it should not be necessary
To ask for more donations from the public
You can call it charity and that’s what makes us give
Because it’s to help less well-off people live
So what the fuck is our government for?
Once again, it seems to be the rich against the poor

30th May 2023 – As Flux of Pink Indians wrote – There’s enough for all of our need but not for all of our greed. I’m a socialist I guess? It just doesn’t make sense to me that as a singular group of beings we don’t help each other to all have a reasonably good life. I never liked charity for this reason. It felt to me to be a useful role of government to take care of everyone.

Survivors – 28th May 1988

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*Woke up this morning, rubbed the dust from my eyes
Had to live again the life I despise
No use pretending I was born free
I was given eyes, but they’re not to see
Drew back the curtains to view the outside
And to my disbelief, I realised the world had died
Couldn’t understand why I was alive
And there was no one to hear my fear-fraught cry*

Been through pain and back again
We’ll survive to the end
Seen the hate confronting me
I will not concede

You’ll feel alive if you can survive

What you always wanted to be
Too hard to believe
Take your chance to be free
You will achieve

You just can’t convince me now
I have the right to feel so proud
You just can’t control my mind
I’m taking back what was always mine

*These lyrics were originally written by someone in Atrox (possibly Charlie Mason) for the song Is This Tomorrow…?