PROGRESS

Gee we've come along as a civilisation in our ways of being able to kill,from the days when Ug would belt Og over the head with a stick,to the days now when some chicken livered arsehole that wouldn't stand up in a one on one fight,can blow up a nation on the other side of the world,I ask the question--is that progress ?


IN DAYS OF CAVES,AND DINOSAUR,
WHEN PEOPLE WENT TO WAR,
THEY'D HIT THEIR FOES WITH STICKS AND CLUBS
TIL BLOODIED,RED AND SORE.
AS TIME PROGRESSED,WHEN MEN GOT DRESSED
THEY BOWS AND ARROWS FOUND,
FIRED FROM TREES,OR ON THEIR KNEES
THEIR ENEMIES HIT THE GROUND.
WITH METAL,CAME THE MIGHTY SWORD,
FLASHING SABRE,BAYONET,
WITH VICTIM CRASHING TO THE FLOOR,
WHEN FLESH AND IRON MET

MAN GOT CLEVER,AS YEARS WENT ON,
WE MADE CANNONS AND GUN POWDER,
SAILING SEAS TO OTHER LANDS
AS BATTLE SOUNDS GREW LOUDER.
ON THE SEVEN SEAS THE CONFLICT RAGE
WITH CANNON BALLS SHIPS SANK,
WHILST ON LAND ARMIES WENT,
WITH RIFLES AND ARMOURED TANK

MAN COULD NEVER LIVE IN PEACE,
AS COUNTRIES FOUGHT WITH OTHERS,
AND TO THE AIR THE FIGHTING WENT
THANKS TO THE SMART WRIGHT BROTHERS.
MACHINE GUNS RATTLED IN THE SKY
AS FOLKS LAY IN THEIR BED
BOMBS DROPPED FROM A THOUSAND FEET
HUNDREDS LYING DEAD.
THERE'S MISSILES FLYING BY THEMSELVES
THERE'S THOSE THAT SPREAD DISEASE
AND THOSE THAT KILL PEOPLE,
BUT LEAVE BUILDINGS,AND THE TREES.
THEN WE GOT THE BIG ONE
WHAT A RIPPER,WHAT A SCREAMER,
A FLATTENED CITY IN ONE GO-
GONE NAGASAKI,HIROSHIMA.

NOW THE WORLD ALL LIVES IN FEAR
OF THAT LAST AND FINAL DAY.
THE MUSHROOM CLOUDS LOOM OVERHEAD,
AS WE ALL ARE SWEPT AWAY.
WE SURE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS
SINCE THE DAYS OF CAVES
BUT THAT JUST SHOWS THE STUPID WAY
"INTELLIGENT" MAN BEHAVES.
IN THOSE DAYS,IF MAN WAS ANGERED
IT WAS ONE ON ONE FRONTATION
NOW,WE'RE IN THE HANDS OF LUNATICS,
A RED BUTTON RULES THE NATION.