HOW TO BE LAME

How are people different from
	All of God's creations?
Why do not the animals
	Divide up into nations?

I have never heard of any wolf
	Returning to his pack
Start to blame another wolf
	Because he turned his back

For animals have never learned
	The art of blaming others
How is it then that gentle folk
	May even blame their mothers

Why to hear some folk tell it
	All troubles began that morn
When everyone told their mother
	That they had just been born

If we learn the art of blaming
	And if we can do it well
We will become quite proficient
	But only time can tell.

To make a list of different blames
	Would reach to kingdom come
There is no end of things to blame
	But I will try to just list some

You can blame it on the Democrats
	Or Republicans will do
You can blame it on your teachers
	Or on the kids you knew

You can blame it on the weather
	You can blame it on the stars
You can blame it on the church
	Or the people who run bars
You can blame it on the boss
	Or on his secretary
You can blame it on the morose
	Or folk who are too merry

You can blame it on your neighbors
	Or someone known as Todd
And when you have no one else
	You can blame in on your God

Now with all this blaming going on
	What does it do for you
It takes away your chance to learn
	From every thing you do

It does no good to blame another
	Nor to even blame yourself
It only makes you like a broken cup
	Collecting dust up on a shelf

You will not lean how to change
	Nor how to do things better
But slowly you will forge the chain
	As you create each fetter

That keeps you from becoming
	The great person you could be
For with all of that blaming
	You can clearly see

You will never learn from life
	With such an attitude
For you must accept responsibility
	To profit from gratitude

So stop this constant blaming others
	For no matter what folk claim
If you keep on blaming others
	It will only make you lame

GHVS 1997