Ode to HS2

Oyez Oyez Oyez 

Gather ye round for a tale of home`ly

For your leaders have lied to the people of Kings Bromley

For that train it may cometh at great speed and great height

To destroy our fair town and create massive blight.

It will come like the devil out of the night

Running on rails creating great fright

Screaming and 

rumbling as it travels our land

At great noise and some stress like a very loud rock band

I remember my Sundays peaceful no strife

Gardens and children and all loving life

Cometh the beast 250 miles an hour

And Sundays were over with the noise of that power.

Onwards it moves through all that it sees

Destroying environment all wildlife and trees

Swallowing farms houses and land 

As the faceless HS2 employees show their hand 

This high speed rail that has no reason to live

Given life by our leaders but has nothing to give

There is no business plan that experts can see

And no money to build and no reason to be

A thing for the few at great cost to them all

1500 per home and no benefit at all.

So join us now and come show your hand

To stop this great folly destroying our land

To stop HS2 by all legal means

Says we have the moral high ground and no problems it seems 

They have more resource whilst we have none

We need your help to get this train gone

We can then stop our worry and stress on our lives

And think of the future our children and wives.

An Ode to HS2 by Trevor Forrester