Two Quid Ain’t Worth Tuppence These Days
Inflation never sleeps,
She just trickles in with ev’ry penny
Added to our groceries.
So slowly how she seeps,
How her extra costs do not seem many –
Who would be opposed to these ?
But gradu’ly, we’re feeling poorer,
Till we need a payday rise
To help with standing still.
For all we try and just ignore her,
Time will come we realise
We’re subject to her will.
We think, if she just went away,
Then prices would be clear
As our budgets settle, more-or-less –
With no more strikes for better pay,
Or savings shrinking by the year,
Or old costs being meaningless.
So, is she fuelled by greed, we wonder ?
Are we all at root to blame
As we add another oh ?
For when she’s on her endless plunder,
Nothing gets to stay the same –
She forces us to grow.
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