Les Machines Molles - Cargo Boats

Words & music by Wolfgang Pollanz
Lyrics read by Joanna Hofer-Robinson
There was a virus going round,
And the world was on alert.
People telling lies and stories,
Which before were never told or heard.
Authorities and gasbags producing hottish air,
Just the way they always try to bluff,
Pretending that they will work for us,
While in truth they cannot get enough.
We are doomed to repeat history,
Yes, we are doomed, destined to repeat
First time as tragedy, second as farce
I’m sure you know, that’s a quote by Karl Marx
Silence filled the continent these days
Someone said the world is lost in disarray.
When Sylvia Plath tasted the malignity of the gorse
She knew that black spikes would take revenge one day.
And here’s another quote by Louise Glück
From her poem on loneliness at the end of winter:
“When has my grief”, that’s what she says,
“Ever gotten in the way of your pleasure?”
We are now like shadows wandering around,
Like overloaded cargo boats in thunderstorms,
Always begging for salvation and relief,
Ignoring all we ever did believe in.