The Nanny State

 

The Nanny State is here to stay

and woe betide those who go astray

Do you smoke they say

to this there is no give away

How many do you smoke each day

I replied that cigarettes were not within my pay

A pipe yes until the tobacco has burned away

He wrote the words, A smoker he does say

I was condemned that day

I am amongst those who stand outside to smoke

in whatever weather come what may

Do you drink I heard him say

How many units do you consume each day

What is a unit I asked in reply by chance

Do you drink every day

Yes I said and quite a lot I should say

He wrote the words

he smokes and drinks every day

Outside it was a sunny day

I filled my pipe with tobacco to delay

that moment in the pub when with a pint

in hand I could go outside in the rain

and smoke away

My twenty year old uncle was blown to bits one day

close to Dunkirk where he now does lay

He neither drank or smoked so people do say

and he never saw another day

So I shall drink my beer and smoke my pipe by the way

No matter what others may say