Shark Values by Gino Di Nunno from Greensburg, Pa U.s. Minor Outlying Islands

shark values (a. di nunno-g. di nunno)

through years you learned all human traits
arrive on time and never late
the working world is sacrifice
full throttle on and don't think twice

for family and bills you made
treading water a large charade
your mind's a fog; your body beat
another day without relief

prechorus:
so run the gauntlet the clock is on
watched, recorded, robot, human gone!
conveyor belt that never stops
eats you alive another drops

chorus:
sports that have no rules
you lose but you get paid
and life wastes to naught
all sanity waylaid

now circle sharks they run seas
your future drowns with stress--diseased
the price unknown, yet numbers tell
how millions writhe in private

you could move on results the same
the deck is stacked and who's to blame?
the fins in sight that fleeting dream
still tread in this one-sided scheme.

prechorus:
so run, machine, there's lots to do
one of many used inside this zoo,
and once you're done there's more to find
with your talents gone you lost your mind

chorus:
extremes that you can't win
your failure weighs you down
what can't be repaired
cries for help have no sound.

copyright 2019
all instruments, mistakes, average vocals, by gino di nunno
grazie a mio figlio, antonio for the lyric edits.
from the al: walking with ghosts past.