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Optimist

I read the news today, politics had strayed and were imploding

Somewhere in the middle east, the fighting’s ceased but schools are blown sky high

Every nation has the fear that refugees are coming here eroding

It’s gotta be better than this. It’s gotta be better than this

It’s gotta be better than this. Or unless maybe… I’m just an optimist

 

But what does an optimist do when the world is crying

What does an optimist feel when they wear a frown

What does an optimist do when the world is spiralling

Out of control, through a black hole, till it’s down

 

I heard the news today, the sea is full of plastic waste suffusion

Climate change has warmed the seas like antifreeze and so the levels rise

Factory farming is a cause along with carbon particle pollution

It’s gotta be better than this. It’s gotta be better than this

It’s gotta be better than this. Or unless maybe… I’m just an optimist

 

But what does an optimist do when the world is dying

What does an optimist feel when the dolphins drown

How does the optimist stop all consumers from buying

Stuff they don’t need, fuelled by their greed, while they go down

 

I saw the news today, the pound is in a poorly way and is falling

Shares are dipping, there’s no doubt, that pensions funds will soon be all wiped out

Food banks are all running dry with rents and mortgages too high and stalling

It’s gotta be better than this. It’s gotta be better than this

It’s gotta be better than this. Or unless maybe… I’m just an optimist

 

But what does an optimist do when there’s under investing

How does an optimist live in an old ghost town

Should an optimist be on the streets with a banner protesting

In their glory, tell the story, how we all went down

We all went down, we all went down, we all went down