Fat Tuesday Word Jazz 2017
Jim Burklo
Fat Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Cash Tuesday
Crash Wednesday
Mardi Gras Tuesday
Hangover Wednesday
Hillary Clinton Poll Numbers Tuesday
Donald Trump Electoral College Numbers Wednesday
Obamacare Tuesday
Lose Your Health Insurance Wednesday
In order to be realistic
Must we be so dualistic?
Could Tuesday be more lean
So Wednesday was less mean?
Boom plus bust divided by two
I’m cool with average – how ‘bout you?
Ain’t there a way to soften the blow
When the economy loses its go go go?
When the going finally gets this rough
Why should life for kids be tough?
Are they to blame for blatant greed?
So why are they the ones to bleed?
Billionaire banker gets the bonus
Poor folks have to bear the onus
No grease for wheels you can’t hear squeak
Who speaks for those who cannot speak?
Fat Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Tuesday jammin’
Feast then famine
Tuesday: bent
Wednesday: Lent
There’s a fly in the ointment, a bug in the mixture
Something’s terribly wrong with this picture
So swing the beads and rock the rafter
Justice is what we are after
Bring balance to what’s out of whack
On Wednesday let’s bring Tuesday back
Let’s spread the wealth we all can make
On Wednesday let’s eat Tuesday’s cake
Fat Tuesday,
Ash Wednesday
Denial Tuesday,
Depression Wednesday
Gotta resist ‘em!
Gotta change this system!
Vote and write and wave your signs
Get other folks to change their minds
So that the little engine on Tuesday says I think I can
And the little engine on Wednesday says I thought I could
Get over the mountain of despair
Finally get from here to there
To decent schools and good health care
To homes for the houseless everywhere
Counseling for struggling families
And credit for little companies
So sing a song and hoist your glass
Howl and holler and shake your ass
Here’s to tighter Tuesdays
And weightier Wednesdays…. Amen!