Wednesday 6 July 2011

Chris Port Blog #294. Pensions Aren't Forever

© Chris Port, 6th July 2011

As you browse, you might want to listen to this sweet little track...


Pensions Aren't Forever

Pensions aren’t forever
They are spent before you get there
Men do far less time for murder
In your heart attack bed
As you wake up half dead
Work harder!

Pensions aren’t forever
Unlike Twilight’s endless INSET
Touching, stroking, a cigarette
Oh there’s beer in bars
But your weary carcass
Is stuck here!

I don’t need rest
For what good will rest do me?
Pensions are illusory
For when life’s gone
You’re working on!

Pensions aren’t forever
Running round like headless chickens
The same ground as Charles Dickens
Kids are battery hens
Pecking eyes out with pens
And boredom!

I don’t need rest
For what good will rest do me?
Pensions are illusory
For when life’s gone
You’re working on!

Pensions aren’t forever, forever, forever.
Pensions aren’t forever, forever, forever.
Forever, not ever!

1 comment:

  1. NOW they decide to cluck. You can turn schools into battery farms, but don't take away their nest eggs...

    Headteachers Vote For Action On Pensions
    http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Headteachers-Vote-In-Favour-Of-Ballot-On-Industrial-Action-Over-Pensions-At-NAHT-Conference/Article/201105115983256

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