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Happy Fifties

from The Truth is in the Swine by Kermess

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Much progress has been made
With regard to the white hair
Since the time of our forebears
Since the Age of the Old Sage
Their days have been extended
By the miracles of medicines
But those days are getting longer
In their lonely kitchen gardens
Our world respects its elders
At the head of governments
Where their wisdom may, it seems
Be of profit to politics
But when you’re just a working man
Of fifty or sometimes even less
The years you’ve spent in the same firm
Will not keep them from kicking you out

Too old at fifty
Too quaint to be of use
To anything or to anyone

As Time begins its wearing work
And takes the colour out of your hair
Say farewell to your comfy job
The next stop is at the dole queue
For the ageing is now considered
As a lethal professional fault
That you will pay for the next long years
Idle, useless but healthy.

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from The Truth is in the Swine, released November 1, 1997

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Kermess a sévi de 1994 à 2000 un peu partout en Belgique mais aussi en France et en Suisse...

Près de 200 concerts boostés à l'adrénaline punk-folk multilingue du groupe où la bonne humeur générale était au rendez-vous. Des ballons et des rouleaux de PQ en guise de guirlandes... Ils ont paratgé la scène de groupes tels que UK Subs, Pigalle, PPz 30, Marcel et son Orchestre, Barking Dogs, etc ... more

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