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The Clash Of Civilisations

from Life & I by Dusty Limits

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THE CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS

It's Autumn and the cluster-bombs are falling,
In countries so appalling that we had to steal their oil.
And hordes of little children we will never meet,
Will soon be waving goodbye to their little feet,
Before the tanks we sold their leaders pulverise the street.
It's all too dreary!

So raise a glass and sing about the 'Clash of Civilisations'.
The 'good' the 'bad' the quick the dead,
The terrorists under every bed.
Subscribers to this theory would do well to be advised:
In order for civilisations to clash, we'd have to be civilised.

It's Winter and the Middle-East is burning,
And billionaires are turning handsome profits from the flames.
While lunatics in droves of all the different sects,
Justify their murders by quoting holy texts.
We heard that 'God is dead', well now I've paid my last respects.
It makes one weary!

So raise a glass and sing about the 'Clash of Civilisations'.
The 'us' the 'them' the 'West' the 'rest',
The terrorists marching ten abreast.
And give us a smile, and don't be fearful, you might be surprised,
In order for civilisations to clash, we'd have to civilised.

I'm told that Spring must bring a new beginning.
Let's vote for someone different and then see what difference it makes.
We claim that we're more sinned-against than sinning.
We're going to Hell in a handcart and we don't have any brakes.
We're killing for reasons of State. We're killing to answer God's call.
Abandoning Reason whatever the season to kill for no reason at all.

It's Summer and the Bible Belt bans Darwin,
For hinting that we're little more than apes who've taken airs.
I find it hard to buy the thought that 'Jesus saves!'
While millions of His children are little more than slaves.
We're living in glass houses, but really they're just caves.
I'm almost teary.

So raise a glass and sing about the 'Clash of Civilisations'.
The Hell-born, and the Heaven-sent,
The terrorists high in Government.
And gimme a kiss, and just be cheerful now that I've surmised.
While fat robber-barons are raking in cash,
And children are living in piles of trash,
There's nothing to fear, there can't be a clash.
We'll never be civilised.

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from Life & I, released July 19, 2018

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