We Still Haven't Found What We're Looking For (With Apologies to U2)

The Gods That Failed.

We studied the dialectic

Read the whole of ‘Capital’
So we could follow you
So we could follow you

How we shouted
How we scrawled
Painted slogans on city walls
On prison walls
Proof we had followed you

But, we still didn’t find what we’re looking for
And we still haven’t found what we’re looking for

When they put him on a train
Like a deadly bacillus strain
We didn’t care at all
Knowing he’d end the war

And he spoke for the cause of angels
But his plans were the work of devils
So many comrades died
Building his perfect dream

We sure hadn’t found what we’re looking for
And we still haven’t found what we’re looking for

We believe in the Revolution
When all causes bleed into one
Bleed into one
With peace and freedom reigning

All bonds broken
All chains lost
But not at all
Not at all costs
Giving up on “human”
For “Humanity”.

That won’t help us to find what we’re looking for
And we still haven’t found what we’re looking for
No, we still haven’t found what we’re looking for
No, we still haven’t found what we’re looking for.


Chris Trotter.

This parody was originally posted on The Daily Blog of Friday, 9 April 2021.

Her House. (With Apologies to Crosby, Stills and Nash.)

Her House is a very, very, very fine house.

I’ll see to Neve

While you go and cook the Snapper
That you caught today

Staring at the screen
For hours and hours, I wish that people
understood the problems
… difficulties

If only they could wear my shoes
for just five minutes, then they’d know how hard it is to
please everyone

I know they all need homes, and if there was
A silver bullet don’t you think I would have fired it?
So they could avoid the hardships
… difficulties

Our house really is a bloody nice house
We bought it just in time
You’d think that was a crime
But given my job, what was I to do?
What’s more …

Blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Blah-blah …


Chris Trotter.

This parody was originally posted on The Daily Blog of Thursday, 25 March 2021.