Die Hard, 1,2,3,4,5 – you stayed alive...

Picking off the bad guys

Such physical perfection in my eyes

Burning down buildings, sliding off planes

Packing your guns and your hand grenades

I could’ve been Helen to your John McClane

had the shoulder pads, the perm and the big 80s hair

the tremulous lip, the ‘don’t truck with me air’

All American hero in the land of the free

Fighting for justice for you and for me

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‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ is the book the films were based on

And as dementia steals your moves, your memories, your lines

I reflect on the irony of how - the land - now lies…

For the bad guys are in power and they’re wielding it hard

And the real heroes are dying on the streets and in their cars

Armed with mobile phones and a knowledge of what’s right

Fighting a system where all that matters is might

Where might is money and money is might

And we’re losing the plot and there’s no end in sight

For all their climate change denying, this planet’s dying at our feet

And though the polar caps are melting, their ice is spreading as we speak

 

So come back Brucie, die hard one last time

Make America Great Again – in a slightly different guise

Cos the bad guys are in power and they’re wielding it hard

And all the real heroes are dying on the streets and in their cars.