Groped for the torch as I climbed out of bed
Thank goodness this morn for a clear head
The dim yellow light allowed me to find
The switch of the lamp for the lounge
All is quiet except - what's that sound?
Ah! the noise of the fridge in the background
I think how man has come to depend
On the use of electricity - his modern friend
It's all around and everywhere
Lights, cookers,fridges - even electric chair
For sending-off those who oppose
Some of America's deadly laws
Torches, toasters, telephones and tapes
Of sound and video records
That the ingenuity of man
Has fashioned electricity to plan
Motors, mowers, even mouth organs
May be modified to make use
Of the volts and amps or is it watts?
That drives the plastic, nuts and bolts
In desperation to generate more
An excuse to prepare for nuclear war
As coal and oil start to limit the flow
The atomic reactors are allowed to grow
Where will it end this constant demand
Upon the Earth's resources
Population, limited food, pollution - it goes on
We must look for life's other courses
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