It isnt Easy Being Green: One Frogs Lament Verse One. Its not easy being green Though most scream do not complain! Do not raise or cause a fuss: That just goes against our grain. We dont own our native bog Were all walking in the fog And of course well never win We can compromise adjust Or confess or just give in If they wanted us to lose They would squash us with a log. Well the world is simply mean: Its not easy being green Verse Two Its not easy being green No theyll never understand They will never let us be In this land or other lands They will blame all things on us And no one will intervene If they squash us with a bus Yes the whole thing is obscene. They cry out a point of view! Do not blame your woes on us! We are not that good or smart And dont like when you folks cuss! Yeah the world is always mean: Its not easy being green. Verse Three One can never change the swamp That is not whats meant to be It is always cold and damp And some sorts crave misery. Most just parrot what theyre taught. Most just employ what they bought. They dont feel much and don think Or spray endless lines of ink. Its just foolish, immature To expect things to be pure. Though most creatures in the swamp Forget what its all for. Well the world is bad and mean: Its not easy being green. Verse Four All the leaders of the swamp, All the doctors, lawyers too All the heads of families Say they dont know what to do You are young, you are naive You are foolish, you are lost! You are spineless, have no brains! One cant count what you have cost All the cousins do agree You have caused our misery All the uncles and the aunts Sigh at clumsy dilletantes . All the grandparents get mad Exactly like your mom and dad. All the neighbors get upset When your splashes make them wet. For Gods Sake, get yourself clean Its not easy being green. Verse Five Its not easy being green. Does one frog cry out for love? Thats not real and just not right For it is a world where might Money , force and such will serve To get all things that one can get. One does really have a nerve If one hopes to interrupt The traditions of our swamp It is best to just grow up! Impotence you do deserve If you criticize our ways Weer the teams that always win Despite what anybody says.: Its the other side thats mean: Its not easy being green. Verse Six One can protest or adjust Pray that Art is not mere dust Hope to fix some things with Science Or lessons on Self Reliance. For ones dreams are a mirage Fantasies from some garage Where one tried to end the world And its so called persiflage. No theyll never understand. No theyl never empathize. No they never will adjust Fix a world made out of lies. They will blame it all on me They will blame it all on you They will claim its just habit And theres nothing they can do. Watch some films upon some screen? Its not easy being green. Verse Seven Its not easy being green. Best to blend in and to fake Being like all other frogs It is never a mistake. Best to say some little prayer And protect things as they are And to strum some small sad tune On ones tiny cheap guitar. Best to sleep or never dare For the others do not care Or your lessons will offend Or youll lose each single friend. If one were intended to win Would have happened long ago. Time to give the whole thing up There was never hope, you know? World most sacred or obscene: Its not easy being green. Verse Eight Its not easy being green Best to hide behind some prose. Best to hide behind some laws Best to hide behind a rose. Best to hide your point of view And sigh nothing here is new For there is no way to change Things that are far far worse than strange See the graveyards that they built For ten million rebel frogs Some might profit from your pain. Best to hide among the logs. Not get large but stay quite small So they do not punish you For those things they do not like In your mad dark point of view Well in any episteme: Its not easy being green. Verse Nine Not all problems can be solved All depends on the Regime. If youre popular that s cool They reward you beyond seen If not popular than woe They will punish every day Then will cover up abuse And scream put those toys away You can no more here expect Your laments can shake the world Than some small contemptible ant Can lift up the whole damned world. Whether visible or unseen: Its not easy being green. Verse Ten Its not easy being green. Join the chorus, join the crowd, Join the band and join the team Make the masses sing out loud Fill the stadiums with joy Though this might some folks annoy. Its not easy being sole Best conform and join the whole And if not theyll eat you whole Like some hors doeuvre or some snack For your aching weary bones Contain proteins they do lack. They might think then cry a bit For the damages they did. But their iron trunks are closed You cant even budge the lid. And their matrices will win Wipe you off each single grid. Ah the contest is obscene: Its not easy being green. Verse Eleven Its not easy being green Few are happy in the swamp. Most are poor folks, some are rich They dont get along a bit They will battle to the end You will never find a friend Or some love that is just true And theyll blame all that on you. They will medicate despair They will cut off all your hair They will fry you on the grill It is just their sort of thrill. None will protest, interrupt Its their lovely point of view They can never quite grow up Though might want to be like you: Those one sees or those unseen: Never easy being green. Like · · Share
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:06:18 +0000
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