Story Behind The Song

Trying to be funny without offending someone

Lyrics

Upset And Be Damned

Instru x 2

I'm worried I'll upset someone somewhere
By what I read or how I cut my hair
Can anybody out there say whether they're
Similarly conflicted ?
Its not fair

Will I upset the religious lobby if I wear pink ?
Or Marxists by a selfish thought I think ?
Would my edgy sense of humour cause somewhat of a stink
And send my stuttering career to the brink ?

Chorus

Will the Greens be offended by my choice of car ?
Would hitch hiking everywhere be taking it too far ?

Verse

I often indulge in self censorship
Yet I still fear making a heinous verbal blip
Will my shaky ticket sales take an almost fatal dip
If a non PC expression escapes my lips ?

Chorus

Would watching Mickey Mouse incense the Animal Czar ?
Were things always as complex as they now are ?

Verse

I submitted my sanitised act to a focus group
It barely raised a chortle or a whoop
If I joined a no punches pulled, controversial comic troupe
Would I be reduced to gigs in Nowhere, Guadaloupe ?


Chorus

Way back then comedy seemed as simple as can be
Now I tie myself in knots trying to be PC


Verse

In my oh so desperate attempts to be woke
I analyse every single word I've spoke
I reassess every bit of fun I've ever poked
Every tweet, PM, comment, every joke

© Robin Grimmond 2022