Little Johnny Went To Parliament
Little Johnny's Environmental Uprising: A Song of Tears and Fires
Lyrics
Well we've all heard times about Little Johnny,
Introduction of Little Johnny and his troublesome behavior
Get in trouble at school, filthy little mouth,
Describing Johnny's misbehavior at school
He called a teacher a tool, during his honour technology
Specific incident of Johnny disrespecting a teacher during technology class
During science, the teacher he respected,
Johnny's respect for a science teacher
Wrote down his defiance with a subject unexpected,
Recording Johnny's defiance in an unexpected subject (science)
Of what would be, when massive chunks of ice fall in the sea
Imagining a scenario of environmental concern – chunks of ice falling in the sea
And Johnny comes in from school and says,
Johnny reporting a celestial event to his mother
Mum, there's a star on fire in the sky,
Describing the mysterious event – a star on fire in the sky
And it scares me I don't know why,
Johnny's fear and confusion about the celestial occurrence
Little Johnny's got tears in his eyes and his mum says,
Johnny expressing distress with tears in his eyes
Calm down son, we don't want anymore of them floods in here,
Mother calming Johnny and referencing past floods
Remember last year when we nearly lost the house,
Recalling a previous incident of almost losing their house due to floods
And the mouse that ran around the kitchen drowned
Anecdote about a mouse drowning during the previous flood
So look here now, Little Johnny's on a mission,
Introduction of Johnny's mission to Parliament
Down to Parliament, by his own admission,
Johnny's admission to his mission and expectation of argument
It's an argument he expects and he's gonna let his anger flow
Johnny planning to express his anger at Parliament
So Johnny starts a talk for the MPs and the speaker,
Johnny starting a talk with MPs and the speaker
'Bout his worries for the Earth but they're lost in the ether,
Expressing that Johnny's concerns are ignored or lost
Johnny ain't daft so he leaves and he wipes up the thermostat
Johnny leaving and taking action by adjusting the thermostat
He locks them inside, they cannot be breathing,
Describing Johnny trapping MPs inside without air
Now Little Johnny's outside, the MPs are on fire,
MPs in distress as Johnny's actions take effect
So Johnny gets his dad along with the rest of the fire brigade
Johnny seeking help from his dad and the fire brigade
Aimed for the windows as Little Johnny did a cry,
Describing the attempt to rescue MPs through windows
The world flooded in and all the faders shut an eye,
Outcome – the world flooding in as MPs close their eyes
And none of them were sailors,
No one prepared for sailing in the flooded world
And were scared of chopping seas and catastrophe
Fear of the consequences of chopping seas and catastrophe
'Cause there's a star on fire in the sky,
Reiteration of the star on fire in the sky
And it scares me I don't know why,
Repetition of Johnny's fear and confusion
Little Johnny's got tears in his eyes and his mum says,
Johnny's distress and tears, repeating the previous scenario
Calm down son, we don't want anymore of them floods in here,
Mother's repetition of calming Johnny and reference to floods
Remember last year when we nearly lost the house,
Recalling the near-loss of the house due to floods
And the mouse that ran around the kitchen drowned
Reiteration of the mouse drowning during the flood
So off went the water and down came the heat,
Turning off the water and reducing the heat, causing an ice age
All the way down to an ice age degree,
Describing the drastic cooling of the environment
And Johnny shouted out, 'I'll turn the key if you can all agree'
Johnny offering a solution – turning the key to stop the cooling
So in comes Johnny, not so little now,
Johnny returning, no longer little, and sharing a school experience
Back at my school, our ... says how,
Referring to a lesson about the teacher
The teacher's a lesson and prior to concession for us all to see
Teacher's lesson and concession for everyone to see
'Cause there's a star on fire in the sky,
Repetition of the star on fire in the sky and Johnny's fear
And it scares me I don't know why,
Repeating Johnny's distress with tears in his eyes
But Little Johnny's got tears in his eyes and his mum says,
Mother's repetition of calming Johnny and reference to floods
Calm down son, we don't want anymore of them floods in here,
Reiteration of the desire to avoid more floods
Remember last year when we nearly lost the house,
Recalling the near-loss of the house due to floods
And the mouse that ran around the kitchen drowned
Reiteration of the mouse drowning during the flood
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