Our Town

Let me take you down To the town Where I live; Every day on the news, I watch families cry, Innocents die, And here, sit I Eating chocolate cheerios. And here in my town, We sit around Filing our nails And complaining: "Dammit, it's raining, I just did my hair! What will I wear to prom? Did you hear that Sarah and Zack broke up? And Linds got together with Tom." And of the mothers Work out in a nice gym, All friends with each other, Because they all go to the same spa. And our dads sit around, Discussing our town As they play golf in khakis; And I just think it's so goddamn tacky That one world could flourish As another decays, People are dying As I go about my day And if I had a penny For every time I sighed, My wealth would never amount To those living on the front lines.