new years blues

apologies for my mistake
i always knew this was true
i never did want to change
i always meant
to be used.
there seems nothing more fantastic
than being tossed
and bent around
i didn't know any better, honey
that's why i am a sad and lonely man.
but i'm a very happy clown sometimes
with very little to lose
well, i suppose
there's little i can do about that
i was playing by all the rules.
i didn't cheat, lie or break a promise
but i broke a heart -
in two,
we all grow older
but not much wiser
as we have all the love in the world.

The Arab Fling

back in '96
during the war in Iraq
the women of Britain
cried for their freedom
and demanded
all us men fight
but to be honest,
most of us didn't notice
there was no invasion party
annexing our towns
but to the common man
we ask,
where are our women now?
well, these patriots of the Union
they threw their faith in us away
started taking holidays
in the Muslim countries
so while they're fucking
dirty Arabs
we all went to prison
for refusing to honour
their principles
and fuck their pubescent children.