Each time that horrors happen
The horrors are compounded
By anger and by rancor
That leave us so astounded
A tragedy’s reported
And before the day’s completed
We hear the things we’ve heard before
Repeated and repeated
We hang our heads in sorrow
As we hang our heads in shame
We really should be focusing
On comfort and not blame
But leftists and the rightists
And some others I’m not naming
Have only this in common—
Their capacity for blaming
A hurricane is blamed
Upon the car that you’ve been driving
Your thermostat’s the reason
For some species not surviving
And if this trend’s not broken
And no ideas are exchanged
The cycle will continue
And nothing will be changed
So pray a little longer
And when you finish praying
Tell the folks in charge
That it’s high time that they stop playing
We know that there are strategies
To shield those that we love
So let’s make an agenda
And do all of the above
It pains us to acknowledge
That we’ve all been here before
And we really, really, really
Do not want this anymore
