Perfect - !!!NEW!!!

Today a slight twist on a Lewis Capaldi number. If you took his song Pointless and completely changed the meaning you'd get....

Pointless Perfect not by Lewis Capaldi
I brought her coffee in the morning
She just wanted to sleep
I took her out to fancy restaurants
She said she didn’t want to eat
I made her cards on her birthday
She wanted store bought ones
I took her water when she's thirsty
She said she’d prefer none 

I thought that our love was fated
But I now have come to understand
Because now I see what she really means to me and

Despite all the time we spent
I’ve discovered that it’s true
Everything is perfect without you
Now I find all of my efforts
Don’t leave me feeling blue
Everything is perfect without you

I lit the fire when it was cold out
And she just left the room
I wanted her love for forever
But it would never bloom
I took her out to the movies
She said it’s overlong
I thought she was my everything
But in that too I was wrong

I thought that we were both meant to be
And her love was all I wanted
But after all I said and after all of what I did

Despite all the time we spent
I’ve discovered that it’s true
Everything is perfect without you
Now I find all of my efforts
Don’t leave me feeling blue
Everything is perfect without you

Fine without you
Fine without you
We are now so through
Fine without you
Fine without you
We are now so through

Despite all the time we spent
I’ve discovered that it’s true
Everything is perfect without you
Now I find all of my efforts
Don’t leave me feeling blue
Everything is perfect without you
Everything is perfect without you

Gaslighting - !!!NEW!!!

Sometimes there are songs that are so easy to write because the words come so easily. Maybe it's because it's an important issue. Maybe because it's full of truth. Either way - here it is:
(I know I've used this tune before but it just fits so well)

Oom-pah-pah Gaslighting not from Oliver!
Isn’t it a pity
That deep in London city
There’s corruption so strong
That it’s causing a stink
Don’t be party to it
Realise that there’s more to it
And don’t let them tell you what it is you should think

Gaslighting, gaslighting
That’s what it’s called
Gaslighting, gaslighting
A trick so old
Don’t ever fall for it now you’ve been told
That it’s called Gaslighting

Economy's broken
The government has spoken
Immigrants and unions it’s all down to them
How can it be that’s true
It’s not cos let me tell you
The Tories are the ones who should take the blame

Gaslighting, gaslighting
That’s what it’s called
Gaslighting, gaslighting
A trick so old
The MPs are the ones hoarding the gold
By using Gaslighting

Look at the NHS
It’s got into a right mess
There’s no space for anyone and there’s no time
We’re told it’s the nurses
Who deserve all our curses
But blaming those heroes must be the real crime

Gaslighting, gaslighting
That’s what it’s called
Gaslighting, gaslighting
A trick so old
We can’t let them win and we can’t let it fold
‘Cause of their Gaslighting

Cost of living crisis
Has turned us all to ices
'Cause we can’t afford to turn the heating on
Sunak thinks that maths will
Prove to be the miracle pill
But we know that that is one more Tory con

Gaslighting, gaslighting
That’s what it’s called
Gaslighting, gaslighting
A trick so old
Don’t let them leave us all out in the cold
Not with their Gaslighting

Isn’t it a pity
That deep in London city
There’s corruption so strong
That it’s causing a stink
Don’t be party to it
Realise that there’s more to it
And don’t let them tell you what it is you should think

Gaslighting, gaslighting
That’s what it’s called
Gaslighting, gaslighting
A trick so old
Don’t ever fall for it now you’ve been told
That it’s called Gaslighting

Gaslighting, gaslighting
That’s what it’s called
Gaslighting, gaslighting
A trick so old
Don’t ever fall for it now you’ve been told
That it’s called Gaslighting

From The Mind of Merc - (Political) Life Imitating Art

(Bit late with my monthly post this time so it's just a short one).

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about the similarity or appropriateness of quotes from and to completely different situations.

Case in point - who said this?

"If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness
to look facts in the face will see us through."