The Homeless Unemployed

It cannot be our problem if they are in a financial hole And though we know there are no jobs for them we must not give them dole At our Government Cabinet meetings from any talk of them we must resist We just have got to ignore them as if they do not exist If we talk of unemployment in our voters this would sow seeds of self doubt And since to us their votes are most important jobs and a booming economy we must talk about We must keep our voters happy since we need them on our side We will never win votes talking of the homeless unemployed It can hardly be our problem if their parents have kicked them out And they are homeless, jobless and hungry and wondering what life is about And it can hardly be our problem if many of them do turn to crime And their wrongdoings have them in prison serving well deserved jail time Our talk must be of jobs and new industries and not of the unemployed homeless and an economy in stress Since our impressionable voters we do have to impress We only like them for their votes which to them is not obviously clear And we only do tell them what they do wish to hear And this is not of the homeless unemployed who are hard done by life Who live in the suburbs where poverty is rife In life we will leave them to find their own way Since they never cast their votes on election day.