Jeff Bezos Blues
[Humming]
Last week I needed dog food,
He went to space.
No car to park, no need to queue,
He went to space.
Came next day, we pay for Prime,
He went to space.
Third biggest company of all time,
He went to space.
[Humming]
In the week there were Indian floods,
He went to space.
Afghanistan they're spilling blood,
He went to space.
California on fire, a record heat wave,
He went to space.
Pandemic killing thousands every day,
He went to space.
A bald white man of fifty-seven,
Launched himself towards the heavens.
A four minute weightlessness experience,
Cost a cool five and a half billion.
He went to space.
[Humming]
Enough to feed millions who are starving,
But he went to space.
Enough to plant trees to slow global warming,
But he went to space.
Enough to fund relief for every country at war,
But he went to space.
Enough to vaccinate all the world's poor,
But he went to space.
[Humming]
Could've stopped the pandemic from spreading,
Could have boosted consumer spending,
Could've saved lives and secured future profit,
Instead he bought himself a rocket,
And went to space.
[Humming]
So when over consumption fuelled by e-commerce apathy,
Eventually leads to a climate catastrophe,
He'll be able to escape earth like he's already escaped taxes and gravity...
When he went to space.
[Humming]
Yet here I am adding to his power,
He went to space.
How else could I get everything I desire?
He went to space.
How else can we grow the economy exponentially?
He went to space.
Maybe next time I need dog food... I should shop on the high street.