While We Look The Other Way

While We Look The Other Way 

I was scrolling Facebook killing time 

Waiting for a call from a friend of mine 

Saw a post about tariffs for the hundredth millionth time 

I had to turn off my phone 

So I picked up my guitar

Decided to write about some of the  things 

That brought us all this far 

Here in Alberta 

I can hardly read the news

They tell us we want coal mines

Now I’m just confused

Cause I remember voting 

I’m sure that I said no

I’m sure a lot of us agreed 

Not on Alberta soil 

Do we know how fragile freedom really is 

When governments don’t listen

It don’t get worse than this 

When power and corruption 

Are the flavour of the day 

And we all watch 

Our hopes and dreams 

Slowly slip away 

And what the hell is with these licence plates 

That no one even wants

Just another way  to distract us 

Just another way to keep us lost

What about the teachers and the nurses, the doctors and the cops 

Why can’t we pay them what they’re worth

Why don’ they just get lost 

I am not a separatist 

Danielle, you don’t speak for me

Even tho I voted for ya

That’s no longer in the cards you see

You’ve broken all the trust I had 

In democracy 

You’re out of control 

I think the people finally see 

You can believe in what you want to 

That’s okay by me

I promise I wont hate you 

If we disagree

That’s why we get to vote 

At least that’s the way it is today 

Till they change the rules 

While  we look the other way 

Do we know how fragile freedom really is 

When governments don’t listen

It don’t get worse than this 

When power and corruption 

Are the flavour of the day 

And we all watch 

Our hopes and dreams 

Slowly slip away 

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