Who Spoke

Who spoke about a Paradise on Earth
Some say it's somewhere out on the south seas
But paradise must be distant from here
For I can smell pollution in the breeze.

Who spoke that the meek shall inherit the Earth
How stupid do they make us out to be?
The one who quote those words may well not know
How it feels like to live in poverty.

Who ever spoke of a fair go for all
Is one who has been talking through his hat
The rich get richer whilst the poor get poor
There has to be a mouse to feed the cat.

Who spoke that in God's eyes we all are equal
That God for every mortal human care
But when the poor are left to die of hunger
One has to ask is this God really fair?.

Who spoke about the war that would end all wars?
In retrospect a silly thing to say
When man from past mistakes don't seem to learn
And people still die in conflicts every day.

Who spoke about the places hell and heaven?
And the afterlife of happiness and woe
Such religious teachings do not have much substance
Of life after death would anybody know?.

Who spoke of Eden on this Planet Earth
When near Tahiti in the southern seas
The French at Murutoa test their bombs
And I can smell pollution in the breeze?.