Just a Merry Old Soul Is Me
With all the crap that's going on in the world
It's a wonder we maintain our humour
Gets kinda difficult if you watch the news
Leaves us in a kind of a stupor
Shouldn't find it strange or a bit unusual
Been normal as long as we've lived
What would be strange if the news was happy
Ain't happened since I was a kid
Even then, war was the news of the day
But to me it was us against them
Too young to realize that millions were dying
The carnage being wreaked by men
What makes us guys so nasty to each other
Are we only preprogrammed to kill
So why don't I have that killer instinct
Am I missing what gives us the will
Don't want it, not missing it, never had it
Peace loving since I was wee
Much more concerned with every day living
Just a merry old soul is me!
© Jack Ellison 2015
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