Burning Issues

from Burning Issues by JT Steam

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When people are running for office, it's good to ask them the important questions. I believe I have found one issue that unites us all.

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Election day is coming and it's time to make your choice
Get out there and use your vote, let them hear your voice
You might think they're all the same, when you look behind the spin
No matter who you vote for, the government gets in

But make your choices wisely, consider their effect
Every vote is counted, every ballot checked
So ask them probing questions, make sure you hear them say
What they'll do about the burning issues of the day

Will you fund our education, will you bring the libraries back?
Do you think that Scotland should take down the Union Jack?
Will you pay my unemployment if I should get the sack?
And how will you protect us when the zombie hordes attack?

Leaflets through the mailbox where promises are made
Babies being kissed and there's posters on display
But did you check that their priorities are just the same as yours?
Are they big on social justice or just keen on starting wars?

Will you fund our education, will you bring the libraries back?
Do you think that Scotland should take down the Union Jack?
Will you pay my unemployment if I should get the sack?
And how will you protect us when the zombie hordes attack?

Will you pay the nurses fairly, stop cutting wages back?
Do you care about the climate, is HS2 on track?
Will you make the billionaires pay their share of tax?
And do you have a plan for when the zombie horde attacks?

Must we have a cabinet full of egomaniacs?
Will you keep on having parties,
with lockdown drinks and snacks,
But most importantly, I need to have the facts,
What will be the plan when the zombie horde attacks?

When the apocalypse is coming will you issue me an axe?
We'll need bunkers lined with concrete and supplies of protein packs,
The army will be helpless at society's collapse,
So we need to be prepared for when the zombie horde attacks.

With the undead on your doorstep you'll be sorry you were lax
So be sure to make a plan for when the zombie horde attacks.

Tell us the plan for when the zombie horde attacks?
Please God let's have a plan for when the zombie horde attacks.

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from Burning Issues, released May 4, 2022

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JT Steam Scotland, UK

JT Steam is an academic by day who writes nerdy folk songs by night with an ever growing collection of ukuleles.

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