Climate Change from Clawing Back by Joe Sweeney

I’ve been getting these headaches
From thinking too much about my mistakes
Lying wide awake in bed
Regretting everything I said

Just for tonight
Can someone cast a spell
And make me think about literally anything else?

I’d rather think about climate change
And the war in Ukraine
The rich getting richer
Everybody else getting shortchanged
Instead of dwelling
On how we are estranged
I’d rather think about climate change

I’ve been running on fumes
Jumpier than a kangaroo
Why do I have to get stoned
Just to leave myself alone?

Just for today
Can I please get a break
And think about other people’s mistakes?

Hasselhoff on the bathroom floor
Dan Quayle looking at that chalkboard
Will Smith throwing a fist at Chris
And all the scientologists
Like Tom Cruise
And John Travolta
Doing what Xenu told ya

I’d rather think about Kanye
Or work on Monday
Or what happens to the things we throw away

I’d rather think about climate change
And the war in Ukraine
The rich getting richer
Everybody else getting shortchanged
Instead of dwelling
On what makes me deranged
I’d rather think about climate change

I’d rather think about climate change

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