Showing posts with label Grumpy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grumpy. Show all posts

Saturday, April 22, 2023

The Frowning Quokka

VERSE 1

A species of animal that was born to smile

Quokkas got fur and a whole lot of style

Lined up like chess pieces for their photo op

Here comes the flash bulbs and the crowd pop

Nothing could go wrong in the land of ear scratches

There’s no fine print and there are no catches

Rub their fuzzy bellies and feed them cherry pie

Laugh and have fun, ‘cause it’s a heavenly high


VERSE 2

But there’s always one who’s having a bad time

With a face sourer than a lemon and lime

Because he was different, he was made the villain

Gave seniors heart attacks, scared away the children

Nobody asked him if he was feeling alright

They assumed he was toxic like a pandemic blight

The frowning quokka had opinions of his own

But it’s hard to tell the story with a burned out tone


VERSE 3

While his smiling brethren danced on without him

He sat in the darkness playing music so grim

The tears wouldn’t come, because they’re not manly

Only the freaks could do it, they’re already uncanny

Remembering a childhood of leather belt beatings

A horny ex-wife who he divorced for cheating

A lifetime of pets that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge

Stress-eating every meal like he had an endless fridge


VERSE 4

Life is always easy when there’s someone to talk to

But instead there’s an army of strangers to mock you

“You look like you’ve got a bug stuck in your ass

You look like you’ve got a giant food baby to pass

You’ve got Small Dick Energy for years on end”

And then they wonder why you don’t want to pretend

That everything is okay in your fiery underworld

Got your finger on the trigger, never leave it uncurled


BRIDGE

Bang, bang! Now they’re going to die!

Bang, bang! And they still wonder why!

Bang, bang! Quokka genocide, bitch!

Bang, bang! Leave them all in a ditch!

Boohoo! Now there’s no turning back!

Boohoo! Put a clip in your mag!

Boohoo! Now you know what to do!

Say goodbye to a world that you never knew!

Bang, bang!

Sunday, December 10, 2017

No More

Your macho bullshit doesn’t work anymore
Check your massive ego at the front door
Before you tell anybody to suck it up
Take your own advice, then shut it up
The twentieth century is gone forever
The day you’ll get it back is fucking never
No more beatings with a leather strap
No more secretaries sitting on your lap
No more black people doing your chores
No more Indians getting killed in wars
No more drill instructors shouting in ears
No more suppressing our flooding tears
You can’t blame it all on a whole generation
Unless you yearn for the days of segregation
Unless you’re living in the Middle Ages
Unless cave paintings are your only pages
Self-esteem is what we need to survive
Happiness is what makes us feel alive
Just because you’re dead on the inside
Doesn’t mean you have to tan our hides
Just because you can’t use a computer
Doesn’t mean you can stop the future
If you’re really that angry and bitter
Maybe I should hire you a babysitter
Maybe that’s why your kind wears diapers
Not because you’ve eaten too much fiber
No more bigotry, no more agony

No more screaming, no more insanity!