Saturday, December 31, 2011

CCLXX - It's déjà vu all over again.

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Best wishes for the New Year.


It’s déjà vu all over again.

And so we end another year
Whether we’ve advanced is far from clear
While most things were not as we feared,
It’s déjà vu all over again.

Chorus
Don’t you worry, it’s all the same;
History plays repetitive games.
Study the past, it’s very clear
What was past will reappear
With the same story, just different names,
Different names,
With the same story, just different names,

The Arabs had their cliché-ed springs
The Iraqis saw what democracy brings,
And Egypt on a knife edge swings,
It’s déjà vu all over again.

Chorus

Climate Change a political stone,
While storms and floods have only grown
The establishment prefers not to know
It’s déjà vu all over again.

Chorus

Royal weddings kept the media frisky,
News Limited tactics were more than risky,
And Kim Jong-il has forsaken whiskey
It’s déjà vu all over again.

Chorus

An enemy of the state was eliminated,
A computer guru was venerated
And the Japanese were irradiated
It’s déjà vu all over again.

Chorus

So what will we see in the year ahead?
Who will survive, who will be dead?
Can’t but praise the guy who said:
It’s déjà vu all over again.

Chorus

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© 2011 J Cosmo Newbery
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9 comments:

  1. Yes, but regardless... I'm rather thankful for each new year's déjà vousness..
    Happy New Year, Cosmo!

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  2. Ah yes, so very true! Years come, years go. Some things are different, but often there is more of the same.

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  3. Some good, some not so.
    Whatchagonnado?

    Happy New Year!

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  4. Happy New Year! I'm always amazed that I've lived long enough to see another new year.

    best to you and yours
    xxx

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  5. We're destined to repeat what we refuse to learn from. Good piece!
    A very happy and healthy new year to you and yours, Cosmo :)

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  6. Wishing you a repeat year, but one that is more full of good déjà vu stuff and a lot less of the ugly variety!

    Happy New Year, J Cosmo!

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  7. I like this better than Auld Lang Syne!

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  8. Nice work dear J Cosmo, it has been an interesting year! Happy New Year dear friend!
    xoxoxo ♡

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  9. Yes, we grow older but not always wiser - great writing and thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog, best wishes, F

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