We laugh at experts and suck up to fools,

Effortless amateurs from public schools,

And love the chancers who sidestep the rules.

That’s how we are right now, that’s how we are.

 

We laugh at research and usher away

Facts and achievements on public display;

We’d rather go down on our knees and pray.

That’s how we are right now, that’s how we are.

 

We laugh at the truth and worship the fake,

Give every simple solution a break,

And don’t try to understand what’s at stake.

That’s how we are right now, that’s how we are.

 

We laugh at learning and gape at our screens,

We bend each way the cheap populist leans,

Though he won’t amount to a hill of beans.

That’s how we are right now, that’s how we are.