Matters to Me
Anderson, of a Painter
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'Forget about your carpentry Forget about your family tradition' The teacher crowed 'I went to university And no one takes that piece of paper from me Believe me I know When I say the world's your oyster Don't bother with a trade (Toiling through all weather; snow, rain and hail) A BSc, a PhD and you're made' As a member of a junior team I thought that maybe one or two were odd Not a big deal But as a senior executive There seriously was something in the water So unreal The higher the salary The less integrity Values that you might have held Left beside the tree How on earth could mathematics Help me deal with sociopathic fools? But it didn't matter to me It didn't matter to me It didn't matter to me It didn't matter to me For I left all that skulduggery And got a job working in the forest Chopping wood I loved the smell of timber I loved the way it felt between my fingers Felt so good Then I noticed the plantation Grew bigger by the year Buying up land wrecked by Fire, drought and fear And rivers and streams Where wildlife seemed to disappear And it kinda mattered to me It kinda mattered to me It kinda mattered to me It kinda mattered to me So back I go in government To play a lead role in a solution Something with teeth We diagnosed the problem And everyone agreed that the right action Was Option B Allocate resources Responsibility Delegate the duties Accountability But 9 months down the track What's reported back was Option G With figures that show That the budget's been blown by a factor of 3 And all of the money Has gone to some offshore company And the project won't deliver Even if we were to give it a century But it doesn't matter to me It doesn't matter to me It doesn't matter to me It doesn't matter to me I'm living on an island Living off the land and off the ocean But as beautiful as it is I swear that the water's getting warmer And closer to my door
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