Necessary Evil

Necessary Evil Cold and calculating, it thrives On increasing dependency and knows It will own you and your very lives The more you love it, the less it shows Use it for you and you will be used Save it, building up false hopes Abuse it and you will be abused It has no mercy for foolish dopes It is elusive, then fleeting when caught It creates and destroys on a whim It will insist that all may be bought And seduce you when the odds are slim It will demand itself as sacrifice To reward even the heartless one It is never enough to suffice Because there is never enough fun It is virtuous to those who have sung It’s praises; to them it’s sweet honey But money replaces love among Those who are in love with money It robs you of precious time It tells you all is well My message for it in this rhyme Is that it can go straight to hell