Oh Pity Them

Oh pity them the lost youth of Australia They are the victims of sad circumstance They are the children of dysfunctional parents And in life they've never really had a chance. It is their hard luck to live in the slum suburb And their address is seen as a put down Employers never keen to give employment To young people from the wrong side of the town. The gap between the haves and the have nots keep widening In fact 'twould seem it's never been so wide And in a Land where some have more than plenty Self interest creates the social divide. From an early age the odds are stacked against them And on drugs and booze they waste their fleeting prime Their mentors and role models repeat offenders And the path to jail the only path from crime. Born in the wrong place their greatest disadvantage Their broken dreams shattered beyond repair Oh pity them the poor souls of Australia Whoever said that all in life is fair? .