People are Real

While I was walking down the avenue,  
Watching the sun peep out from the sky so blue,  
Whistling appreciatively at the girls on the boardwalk,
Listening surreptitiously at the bystanders talk.
They were discussing the latest politics,
They were worried about the recession,
They mulled over play-offs and theatrics,  
They followed the game show to the point of an obsession.


I said to myself, People are strange,
People are weird,  
People are beings material, 
Forever unhappy, People are greedy,
They pretend to be needy,
People are just so real.


There he was with a bunch of flowers,  
There she was looking so divine,
He was trying to balance on one knee,  
She was racking her brains for a polite line,
He thrust the posy into her face,
She reached into her handbag for her Mace.
Into his eyes went the pepper spray,
He yelled as the aerosol began to sting,
Passersby turned to gaze, while,
In the distance, the church bells ring,  
The faithful were making amends,
I stood silently, watching love's end.


I said to myself, People are strange, 
People are weird, 
People are beings material, 
Forever unhappy, People are greedy, 
They pretend to be needy, 
People are just so real.

I walked into a grocery store,
Asked for change for a very large note,  
The grocer, he sadly shook his head,  
Replied in negative, it seemed by rote.
In came a woman in an overlarge coat,  
Clutching in her hand an even larger note,
I sniggered as she bought items of varied range,  
The ass behind the counter gave her the change!

I said to myself, People are strange, 
People are weird,  
People are beings material, 
Forever unhappy, People are greedy,  
They pretend to be needy,  
People are just so real.
As I was waiting at the bus-stop,  
There came a fat man driving a posh car,
He spotted a puddle and deliberately swerved,
Leaving me wet and with a mental scar.
 I cursed and I spat and I shook my fist,
An old lady next to me looked visibly aghast,
She moved away from me, her intentions clear,
What?! She wanted me to forget the past?!

 I said to myself, People are strange, 
People are weird, 
People are beings material,  
Forever unhappy, People are greedy, 
They pretend to be needy, 
People are just so real.