Hour of Power

HOUR OF POWER If I remember rightly, someone once said Enough of all this farce, democracy is dead So don’t let any of it mess with your head In some democracies, a President is elected But in others, it is a party that gets selected And never should free choice be neglected But big business will win the day, of course Party donations from a questionable source Private functions, a meal ticket to endorse National elections offer gripping television No joy, if the count is denied any revision Is it really the people making the decision It’s rights and laws and a struggling economy Yet it all comes down to maths and Ptolemy But unchanged since the death of bonhomie Yet I do believe in Switzerland each quarter For residents up mountains or by the water It is a form of democracy that doesn’t falter Whether really as superficial as favouritism But much less so, if it is state communism Yet it is cash in the pocket with capitalism A constitutional monarchy does seem Ok But nothing like those in a Shakespeare play And Richard the Third finally lost it, I’d say So, there will always be this societal stuff And when politics feels more than enough Just surviving each day can get very tough