In The Dark Times

In barbarous times you were hung
If you stole sheep to have something to eat
And while you hung the well-to-do
Said, "A job well done"

Women were burnt at the stake
Maybe they'd done nothing
Or slapped someone
They shouldn't have

These were the crimes
In the dark times
These were the crimes
In the barbarous times

Pointless was well thought out (?)
Some lethal game (?)

These were the crimes
In the dark times
These were the crimes
In the dark times

Mother went out to the shops
And left her baby indoors where she played with matches
The house burnt down
The mother went to jail

Pointless was well thought out (?)
Some lethal game (?)

These were the crimes
In the dark times
These were the crimes
In the barbarous times

notes: Cheerful, CCR style verse riff drives this rather depressing and ironic description of the injustices of the "dark ages" of England in the 1980s.

Malcolm:

This title was stolen from Bertolt Brecht. I'd
consider it one of our minor works...

found on: I Am a Wallet

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