Buzz Ballad: What a Wonderful World

—apologies to George Douglas & George David Weiss

I see hippies sleeping in the mess that they void
Risking the plague, cholera and typhoid
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see shell-shocked faces—perhaps they’re not stoned
But just added up all of their student loans
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

People protesting against corporate greed
Rely on those companies for all that they need
But they remain impervious, as you can see
To this basic and fundamental irony

I see riot police, brandishing their batons
Telling the “occupiers” they must move on
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world