Sunny Gazebo

History

2025-08-12 The "sunny gazebo" bit and the chords and bits of the melody came into my head about a week ago. I thought I'd probably forget them, but I didn't; they kept coming back, growing a little bit each time.

Words

Well the world's going crazy and I don't understand
all the people killing people and then taking their land.
Do they need some excitement, that adrenaline shot?
Do they get their kicks from making people suffer a lot?

Nobody seems to care much about being lied to
by the people on the screen; do they think it's all true?
In this post-truth era, it's perception that counts
I guess a lie becomes the truth when it's in large amounts.

and I don't care ... if they think we'll give in
we're just trying to survive, we're not trying to "win".
We just want a world where everybody can see both
sides of the sky from my sunny gazebo... whoa-whoa.

Certain types of people like to make a big deal
that they're stronger than you, and you'd better kneel.
If you don't play along, you go under the bus --
the tracks send the trolley straight over all of us.

and I don't care ... if they bluster and shout;
I've known enough bullies to know how that works out --
any compromise they offer you is just a placebo.
Your day is better spent in a sunny gazebo... whoa-whoa.

and yes I do care ... about the horrors they do.
But if they get what they want, at least we'll have a good view
to watch the world crashing down like a huge Aricebo
from a comfortable chair in my sunny gazebo... whoa-whoa.