All the World Prole
Channel: Wednesday Smith
Date: 2021-11-26

Recorded 26 August 2020
Written and performed by Wednesday Smith
A somewhat tongue in cheek anthem to Communism, a perhaps surprisingly common theme among my songwriting. I think it was written about 2005.

lyrics:
All the world prole

What if all the world were prole?
Who would run the banks?
Who gonna be the CEO of the policy think tank?
But if all the world were prole
Who gonna skim the cream?
Who gonna shave their half percent of the trade of the American dream?

But they say that it’s crazy
You gotta get ahead
You must be weak or lazy
If you try to keep the pace instead of running your comrades down

If all the world were prole
Would there still be art?
Who gonna finance Hollywood and the corporate theme parks?
If all the world were prole
Who gonna barge the queue?
Who gonna start the introductions at the annual staff review?

But the say that it’s madness
No, there’ll never be peace
It’s our intractable badness
Separates us from the beasts, running around the jungle

But if all the world were prole
Who’s gonna be the jerk
Who’s gonna be the volunteer to do the undesirable work?
If all the world were prole
How’d we determine fair?
If we all just made a living wage would anybody care?

When we gonna get fair?
I guess when all the world is prole.

more info on Wednesday Smith can be found here:
https://audio-obscurism.blogspot.com/
and here:
https://wednesday-smith.bandcamp.com/
including an alternate take of this song:
https://wednesday-smith.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-world-prole