Everybody Knows

Whenever "Everybody knows"

I'm sure of just one thing

That all is not the way it seems,

There's sure to be a sting

The world was flat for oh so long

Right there for all to see

Observe yourself, down at the shore

Decide if you agree

Don't let the facts get in the way

Of what your eyes tell you

If everybody says the same

Then it just must be true

All union members know deep down

"The Company” will gig them

It's sure for all, a well known fact

That it's part of the system

To break us down and pay us less

Than what we're really worth

If blanket statements weren't so fraught,

They might be points of mirth

I have a stack of blankets here,

That I've heard thrown about

And airing them out on the line

May cause a few to pout

The faint heart of fair maiden fame

Will face it's test right now

Though I may not be understood

From here I'll onward plow

Blondes are cute but have no sense

They're clueless bubble heads

If preachers knew what their kids do,

They'd hide their head in dread

Politicians serve themselves

And not the public good

Asians are all good at math,

Would rule us if they could

All Jews are stingy, hoarding cash,

All Arabs, terrorists

All Irish cops are drunken louts

Who love their Irish Mist

All Whites are fat, so out of shape,

All Blacks are well endowed

All women need a tune up slap

It's best to keep them cowed

I'm only out for number one,

I'll do what's best for me

So many things we've always heard

And all are wrong, you see

These statements that I've offered here

"May" have a fact or two

Still nothing is all white or black

But of some subtle hue

What's true cannot be generalized

In individual play,

Because no single circumstance

Says all there is to say

Be careful how you contemplate

"Hey Everybody Knows"

"Cause you could be a target

As your own stature grows

Richard Higley © April 2012