A Whole Lot of Shakin'
There's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Whenever I walk down the street
People all stop and stare at me
But I'm no longer considered a freak
The percentage of overweight people
Is increasing in leaps and bounds
It's surely an epidemic the experts say
We really need to slow it down
I'm certainly not alone in my plight
The numbers are quite disarming
Studies show more than sixty per cent
Are overweight, that's really alarming
Put on some comfy old walking shoes
Walk a few times round the block
Better than watching the telly all day
And drinking beer around the clock
It's a dangerous path to oblivion
That we, as a society are travelling
Our whole way of life is in jeopardy
It's in danger and quickly unravelling
There will be a time of reckoning soon
The life we once knew will be gone
We'll all become a bunch of inert blobs
Lacking the will to carry on
©Jack Ellison 2012
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