Lemons by The Big Grey Man published on 2026-01-14T18:44:45Z When life gives you lemons Make a Gin and Tonic Or squirt them In the eye of your enemy Perhaps they'll open At the freshness and sting Or close even more Against the realities of living Now It's a breath against boredom Every setback and every bunch Of yellow resists All the dull and the grieving So bask in the tang of its citrus sharp punch When life gives you lemons Make a Gin and Tonic Or squirt them In the eye of your enemy When life gives you lemons Bite hard at the zest And spit out the pips In the face of the rest At least it's tangible This rejection, frustration This anger, this rage At the warming of the globe And our fellow humans We're meant to protect and release from their cage The cage of existence Is no joke, I said So why are you laughing? He said, mind you own business You can fight tooth and nail Or just smile and accept The injustice of being In the scheme of the cosmos When life gives you lemons Make a Gin and Tonic Or squirt them In the eye of your enemy When life gives you a lemon Hell, reach out and grab it Sink you nails through the skin and then Bam! Let 'em have it! We wake with the bitter taste Of defeat most days It is how it is How we deal with it Is what matters in the end Only we can give our lives meaning Only we can choose to stop or go on Our decision to turn away quietly Or to face down the haters and trolls When life gives you lemons Make a Gin and Tonic Or squirt them In the eye of your enemy When life gives you lemons It's clear that these days We need summat stronger Than just lemonade Genre Indie
