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Election Bingo 2013
Election Bingo 2013
The election is coming roundabout
It’s time for us to sort it out
With lies and snipes and promised gold
The game is on for young and old
With three old parties from the past
They all deserve to run dead last
It is our lives with which they play
It’s way past time we had our say
Our paradise you give away
To foreign interests day by day
We dig it up and ship it off
The mining rich at us you scoff
To share the wealth it is a crime
Our men have died to give you time
You pay no tax, you keep it all
Your house of greed in time will fall
And the “Retail Giants” don’t help out
They’ve bashed the farmers all about
Crushed small business all to dust
They need a future, that’s a must
The greedy banks we have today,
Are running wild and boy we pay
We’ve bailed them out, we’ve kept them rich
They won’t help us when life’s a bitch
We’ve paid to keep the car mob’s growing
Building cars that won’t keep going
No hybrids here, just petrol tanks
It’s all because they’re run by yanks
The CSG crowd came to town
Clean and green all up and down
They’ll take the cash then do the bolt
They’ve done it before, now who’s at fault?
In the shadows lurk the “Nuclear Rats”
Trading in lies while living on the fat
Uranium should be left in the ground
It’s our children’s future we can’t let them down
And let’s not leave the media out
On all issues they’ve too much clout
They twist and beat the facts around
Until we can’t tell up from down
Their views are skewed by self interest
They always show their horse as best
The common goods not their concern
It’s all for them, the rest can burn
We’ve let the pollies bow to all these
They’ve brought our families to their knees
It’s time for us to nail them down
Before they shoot thru out of town
Now Tony Abbott says he knows
He’ll show us how to, just say “no”
It seems that where he wants to be
Is back in 1963
He says that when he gets the votes
He’ll show us how to stop the boats
They’re human lives he’s talking about
But does he care, I have some doubt
He’ll cut from health, he’ll cut from schools
There are no complaints from old sick fools
He wants to change back all they’ve done
We’ve paid for it once, the waste has begun
Turnbull, Hockey, wait in the wings
They both dream of bigger things
Julie Bishop’s “Death Ray Stare”
You know what’s coming, best take care
Bob Katter has a lot to say
But only if you’re straight, not gay
Gay marriage rights are settled here
They’re human rights, it’s crystal clear
Barnaby Joyce wears a different hat
He still thinks that the world is flat
He wants it like the way it was
No future for the kids of Oz
Clive Palmer’s jumped into the ring
And is going to fix up everything
He’ll put Australia up on blocks
Then cut it up and sell it off
A ship from history he wants to build
Foreign workers used cause we’re not skilled
Why not plant the seed in our own soil
Reward our country for your dreams toil
He throws eggs from the far cheap seats
And tells us all the ones he’ll beat
Pride always cometh before the fall
Success or regret, it’s too close to call
An “Angry” man has joined the fray
His former life he’s gave away
A trip in a boat has changed his mind
A solution for this he wants to find
He used to be a wild young rocker
His ride in Canberra could be a shocker
He can’t run rough over the people down there
He’s a much better chance of growing long hair
Julia says she has a plan
She’ll move us forward, every man
But the party can’t decide who’ll lead
While they all fight, we all bleed
Ruddy started out alright
Insulation, school buildings, solar light
But people are afraid to change
In 20 years who will we blame?
Warm houses powered by the sun
Our hi speed cable will be fun
Our country now should lead the way
We’ve got it all, and we can pay
Christine, Adam, Sarah Young
The Greens are aiming for the sun
But to change it all within a day
You have to learn the way to play
You have to teach, you have to show
Don’t go too fast, just go slow
The big three have maligned you all
Australia now should hear your call
And wise and old Nick Xenophon
It’s just a shame he’s only one
He stands up and he stands up tall
He’s the only one with balls
He talks with calm, he talks with sense
He just won’t sit up on the fence
He tackles tough, he plays the ball
He fights for one, he fights for all
The barrel rolls and the numbers drop
The decisions made we have to cop
Democracy is not an ego game
Our apathy now is our future shame
It’s time to speak up, have your say
Black or white, straight or gay
Our future now is in on the brink
Don’t let it all wash down the sink
So there’s your choices, have a pick
Some are good, some are thick
But just remember when you vote
One day we might be on the boat.
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A topical poem and so
A topical poem and so many problems to resolve. Personaly I don't think those in the commercial sector have much idea of how things should operate; all we ever here is about the chosen few percent and their wealth must be protected. As we have no way of life to protect and can do without. I think they have it all the wrong way round. Good luck with your vote on solving all these issues. The rhyming in this poem I enjoyed very much and the humour.
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