Yet the richer it gets, It’s like comes a great wedge
Those above pushed ever higher, those below pushed right down,
It’s …
progress and poverty,
Where you find great riches you always find its grim twin
Progress and poverty
how did this begin?
Towers soar but in the shadows they cast
more the masses huddle gazing up at the stars
Down thousands of years the cry rings loud, how do we justly live?
Well, that’s just the way it is, you hear many say, and that’s the lie that hides, to this day, a profound and tragic mistake at play, that we’re bound to live this wasteful way of
progress and poverty
One makes the other, it was hard to see why this should always be
progress and poverty
As if it was meant to be, but it’s a travesty
And so as all pay more to rent the stolen common pool
and no rents collected on the world that can only be for all
And many people scratch their heads as to why it all gets worse
So it’s grand that it’s been beautifully explained chapter and verse
So let the light in …
Read all about it in …
Progress and Poverty, it is everybody’s promised land, you’ve got to understand
Progress and Poverty, is the unanswerable plan,
It’s irrefrag – able
Music by Matt Hall, arranged by John Harris; Lyrics and melody by John Harris
John Harris – Vocals, guitar and all instruments Matt Hall – BVs
Produced by John Harris; Engineered by Matt Hall at SLW
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