Like a servant…who must serve a Sire
he must serve only for a wage…not for praise
Like a servant…who must serve a Lord
he must only be seen…not heard
Like a servant…who must cower to an owner
he must be there…even when nobody is there
Like a servant…who must be on daily guard
it’s granted…he must be taken for granted
Like a servant…like a father?
Like a servant…who must wait on a superior
he must learn…to be super inferior
Like a servant…who must please a paymaster
he must avail himself…on the daily roster
Like a servant…who must answer to a Boss
he must stand to attend…no matter the cost
Like a servant…like a father?
Like a servant…who earns no token of respect from a Bosun
he must be forsaken for mistakes of imperfection
He must be forgotten
a slave good for nothing
Like a servant…like a father?
Like a bulldozer…that bulldozes it’s way
through thick thickets to make the way
Like a bulldozer…that labours night and day
even on many holidays
Like a bulldozer…that turns marshes into hard asphalt
that turns uneven places into smooth plains
that turns patches into levelled thoroughfares
Like a bulldozer…like a father?
Like a bulldozer…that ventures where the Albion fear to tread
where it battles unfriendly conditions
where it removes immovable obstacles
where it brings contours to shape
where it straightens out curves
Like a bulldozer…like a father?
Like a bulldozer…that makes the road and the railway
to make way for vans and trams
Like a bulldozer…that is left in the bush
after clearing the bush for others to pass to the other end
Like a bulldozer…that is abandoned
often forgotten
remembered only at the next construction
Forbidden…on the road it had constructed
Like a bulldozer…like a father?
Like a mechanic…who must respond to calls at odd hours
to do urgent repairs
Like a mechanic…who must report in greased clothes
in creased clothes
to restore the jeep for the Chief in laundered suits
Like a mechanic…who must travel in Aboboyaa
on his way home
because his clothes smelled like…hmmmmm aah!
Like a mechanic…like a father?
