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Strong nor stable, willing nor able
To show basic humanity, compassion or empathy
I've met more charming fruit machines, I swear I can see your circuitry
Theresa the strain is starting to show
Theresa I think you ought to know that its time for you to go

I'm not some snowflake bleeding heart
Who thinks every last tory is evil
Things are rarely black and white like that
But this current crop who've slithered up the ladder
It's clear for all to see that they're a dangerous bunch of heartless twats
You may have noticed poetry deserts me
At times like these I get so angry I can't speak
It seems to me they spend all of their energy
Repeating these lines, avoiding the likes of you and me

Stong nor stable, willing nor able
To show basic humanity, compassion or empathy
I've met more charming fruit machines, I swear I can see your circuitry
Theresa the strain is starting to show
Theresa I think you ought to know that its time for you to go

You can't just keep cutting and expect us not to bleed
I guess you never feel the hurt
There's no one to tend the wounds or patch us up again
You say that there's no money for a nurse
The police are under-funded and the fire station closed
The libraries and the council office gone
I know teachers at their breaking point and I'm not the only one
Who had never heard of a food bank until your lot came along

Stong nor stable, willing nor able
To show basic humanity, compassion or empathy
I've met more charming washing machines, I swear I can see your circuitry
Theresa the strain is starting to show
Theresa you really ought to go
Theresa I can't wait for our next chance to vote
Theresa I think you ought to know that its time for you to go

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from Things We Said When We Were Younger (demos), released August 3, 2018
written by Rob Bywater
recorded by Phil Stocks

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