The Daily News © Tony Fallon072518.
In a store this morning I bought the Daily News
The front page had Trump's and Putin's opinions and views
Page two had sad stories of Chicago and a shooting
A burned out store in the Bronx where there was looting
A factory being accused of blatant polluting
And trains being late for those poor souls who are commuting
There was something bad about the mayor he flatly denies
You can't believe a word he says bad or good he always lies
The new bridge gets a name supposedly to help tourism
It's the Governor's father name that of course is nepotism
Enough, enough today I want to be put in a good mood
I don't want to read any more items that are mean or lewd
I don't want to hear of companies that are firing
I want to hear the kind of stories that are inspiring
Like the teenager who gets up before five o'clock
To walk his blind neighbor's dog six times around the block
About the widow who is struggling to feed her brood
And gathers empty cans and bottles to help buy the food
We hear far too much about overdoses cocaine and crack
And not about the kids out there every morning on the track
There are fathers who have to leave their children and wives
To fight in foreign wars in strange lands and risk their young lives
There are teenagers volunteering their summers without complaint
And for the poor people their houses they repair and paint
They are out there working pounds off in the hot sun perspiring
Not in some fancy store where Paris Hilton is herself admiring
In the cool of autumn they help by raking up the leaves
Then climb on a ladder and take the build up out of eaves
When the winter winds are blowing and it's five below
What better way to get warm than cleaning a neighbors snow
But those are not the stories that take up any daily space
The good deed are not recognized and that's a disgrace
Those young people should be recognized for their time donated
And helping older people not feel so alone and isolated
But that's not likely to happen while egotist blow their horns
And act like they are Gods or the one who wore the thorns.
I hope the young don't look at the world in complete delusion
And the wish they make it better is not an optical illusion
The front page had Trump's and Putin's opinions and views
Page two had sad stories of Chicago and a shooting
A burned out store in the Bronx where there was looting
A factory being accused of blatant polluting
And trains being late for those poor souls who are commuting
There was something bad about the mayor he flatly denies
You can't believe a word he says bad or good he always lies
The new bridge gets a name supposedly to help tourism
It's the Governor's father name that of course is nepotism
Enough, enough today I want to be put in a good mood
I don't want to read any more items that are mean or lewd
I don't want to hear of companies that are firing
I want to hear the kind of stories that are inspiring
Like the teenager who gets up before five o'clock
To walk his blind neighbor's dog six times around the block
About the widow who is struggling to feed her brood
And gathers empty cans and bottles to help buy the food
We hear far too much about overdoses cocaine and crack
And not about the kids out there every morning on the track
There are fathers who have to leave their children and wives
To fight in foreign wars in strange lands and risk their young lives
There are teenagers volunteering their summers without complaint
And for the poor people their houses they repair and paint
They are out there working pounds off in the hot sun perspiring
Not in some fancy store where Paris Hilton is herself admiring
In the cool of autumn they help by raking up the leaves
Then climb on a ladder and take the build up out of eaves
When the winter winds are blowing and it's five below
What better way to get warm than cleaning a neighbors snow
But those are not the stories that take up any daily space
The good deed are not recognized and that's a disgrace
Those young people should be recognized for their time donated
And helping older people not feel so alone and isolated
But that's not likely to happen while egotist blow their horns
And act like they are Gods or the one who wore the thorns.
I hope the young don't look at the world in complete delusion
And the wish they make it better is not an optical illusion
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