Smiling People

Politicians, police, teachers, parents, bosses, committees… experts of any kind never seem able to agree. Hiram finds it hard to relate to being on the receiving end of any sort of authority because of this. He could never be sure people were being straight with him and looked for second motives in all he was told. He wrote a song…

Here’s the score

We see them on the TV, in the papers, on the walls,
Smiling People hide the truth, their words but curtain calls,
Committee written scripts, it’s not what they’d say,
Let truth be told, why not be bold – what could they really say?

Smiling People – Smiling People everywhere – beware – you take care.

Smiling People everywhere, beware,
Smiling People everywhere, take care,
On the tube, on the bus never making any fuss at all.
Can you trust them when you see them, smiling, smiling everywhere on the pavement on the stair?
So beware. Beware, take care, Smiling People everywhere take care.

They say a person’s features reveal their inner mind
But Smiling People hide the truth in features undefined
What faith can you put in a face that hides away,
Their thoughts and decisions, despite the words they say? – Smiling People.

…which is strange as he’s the most trusting person I know.

next: The Joker