I’m marking time and I’m getting paid
My report’s online and I jumped a grade
Now get here early, so we can discuss
How to complicate the bleeding obvious
There’s government money but let’s get wise
We can lose it on a ‘consultation exercise’
Yeah, we know the real problems – but don’t say zip
And I’ll take you on my next fact-finding trip
History’s there to be re-written
And the rest of this committee are as soft as kittens
I type it up at home by the reading lamp
Next day they bless it – with a rubber stamp.
I’m way over budget, but that’s all right
The Finance Committee meets tomorrow night
We’ll take fifty thousand from the neighbourhood chest
And award it to ourselves – Ha! ’cause we know best!
And that local group, who meet in the Rectory?
Soon they’ll find themselves on a new trajectory
I’ve slashed their funds, and the grant-aid too
They’ll be out of this door – on the end of my shoe!
I told the printer, “There’s a bottle of wine…”
If he nudges my plan to the front of the line
And the glossy cover (I’m thinking ‘sky blue’)
Says ‘Moving Forward: Put The Past Behind You’
You should aim high, learn some airs and graces
Get well in with folks in high places
Your workplace friends are just faces to trample
Look at the top – if you need an example…
Because history’s there to be re-written
And the rest of this committee are as soft as kittens
I type it up at home by the reading lamp
Next day they bless it – with a rubber stamp.
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