Sweet Spot

from Tempo of the Times by Brad Elias

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I grew up inside the Baby Boomer Bubble
Never worried about the coming meal
Had a lighter load of trials, toils, and troubles
Can’t imagine how a failure would feel
I was white and so the privilege expected
Stable family and church and school
Never fell too far; I always felt protected
And I believed I did the Golden Rule
The good I did unto others
Was for friends and family
Did not consider as brothers
Someone not the same as me
I hit upon the Sweet Spot
No thought about the have-nots
Charity was not taught
By the winners in the Sweet Spot
I fell into the Sweet Spot
Forgot about the poor lot
Hang on to what I got
Sitting pretty in the Sweet Spot
At the end of the industrial revolution
Most of our resources have been spent
Doesn’t seem like there’s an easier solution
Than to buckle down and pay that rent
But our debt and greed is growing like a cancer
And the planet’s at the tipping point
Politicians and religion have no answer
Best and brightest tend to disappoint
So careening towards the void
Try explaining what we did
Focused on what we enjoyed
Not what we leave our kids
We’re riding out the Sweet Spot
No thought that there’s no jackpot
Prudent plans were not taught
By the winners in the Sweet Spot
We fell into the Sweet Spot
Forgot about the next lot
Hang on to what we got
Sitting pretty in the Sweet Spot
We’re the Me Generation
It’s all about me!

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from Tempo of the Times, released December 22, 2018

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