This is the lucky country
but lucky for who
lucky if you’re born in the right place
affluence and influence
then you can have the right education
make the right contacts
and enter the right employment
work hard and up you go
aren’t you lucky
Lucky that you’ve never
wondered how to pay the bills
lucky that you never had to
forget that education
that costs too much
go into that badly paid job
or no job
Lucky you’ve never
had to wait months for medical treatment
cos you’ve got private health
lucky you’ve never
seen the cold face of government
shrug it’s shoulders and write you off
as too old, too sick, too uneducated
lucky you’ve never
been thrown out of your home
to starve on the streets
Lucky you have the right colour skin
the right family
the right friends
so lucky to be insulated by money
as the climate spirals out of control
lucky, lucky you
to live while others die
But they could be lucky too, you say
it’s their fault they’re not like you
so you’ll keep your luck
and to hell with the rest
Lucky you
feasting and laughing
and watching the world burn
You live in a lucky country
lucky for some
Hell for the rest