That Sidewalk Is Like Sooo Pedestrian Dude

Pedestrians and cyclists get the short straw              
Getting hit by a car won't get no guffaw
Only when it's a child the driver never saw
Will city councilors admit to the flaw                                      

Single occupancy is the reality of most cars on the road
As a result, many drivers are fat like a toad
For those doing the greatest good, by taking the bus
Only a teeny piece of the pie, is leftover for us

Construction on city streets has the right of way
If it's where your bus stop is, that's A- OK
Bus riders can hoof it on the side of the road
Is it any wonder people get squished like a toad?













In winter in Mississauga, the city plows snow drifts high
Like R. Kelly, Mississauga officials believe pedestrians can fly    
They seem to believe snow drifts can touch the sky
Elected officials don't think about pedestrians night or day
They want pedestrians and cyclists to spread their wings and fly away

A bad case of nerves gave us the hives
Because of the stress, cars, drive in our lives            
Traffic jams, accidents, gridlock and congestion
Now everybody is distracted drivin' while textin'

Mississauga to the car is like the earth to the sun
Some behind the wheel are like a gangster with a gun

Cars like the gun, might be better suited for the country 

They're not suited for the city where poor people are hungry            
Infrastructure money, used for the car
Would be better spent to get us socially on par
North American city gridlock and congestion
Is like obesity with constipation and indigestion
Quite the same as clogged arteries with pulmonary hypertension

Use of cars in North America astronomically grew

The use of oil and other fuels, for that matter too,
It would seem our elected officials don't have a clue
They lack vision for the job we pay them to do

Like Mississauga's 1950's social model

For fear of change Hazel McCallion we did coddle
It's time in Mississauga for a new day to dawn
After 12 terms Hazel will finally move on
Glad handing politicians love their jobs in perpetuity
That's why North America lacks political and social ingenuity

In Memory of
Georgia Walsh