When the Current Goes Off

When the Current Goes Off

Well, if you're like most of the world these days,
You get pretty aggravated at such inconvenience in such ways.
In your household, there's not too much you can do
Except to call your supplier and tell them why and who.

The worst, besides medical problems, is the freezer thawing out.
The gas stove won't light without a match. The computer is down and out.
If it's winter or summer the furnace or air conditioning is down.
The microwave just waved "bye," and you wonder where all the flashlights can be found.

Worse yet, if it's storming, you can't do much without water, either, so
You check out the fuse box and call your neighbors so you can know
If it's a community thing or just your own system. You remember - if you're older -
A day when everything wasn't completely on electricity, and everything didn't fold.

We call them the good old days, but also know and recognize
The convenience and timesaving devices invention has devised.
Don't you sometimes wonder what on earth are you doing with all that saved time,
'Cause you are busier than ever and running day and night, all the time.

We can only hope to explain to ourselves. We do get more done than ever before,
But the catch is, you're required to do more and more than ever before.
Well, my "forever" motto is: "Take what you've got and do what you can."
I haven't invented anything better in this, our resourceful land.

Maybe one of us will invent some other great invention
To handle all this "overflow" that we still can't get to. Our best intentions
Leave us frustrated even though now we're in high gear
From sun-up to sun-down! And we're still facing that inadequacy fear.