Battery reared kids

We grow up now
wrapped in cotton wool
cocooned in sterility
a scrapped knee
a hospital trip
not a bit of spit
a scab and a badge
of honour to pick

We grow up now
indoors not out
electronically adept
we kill on screen
a click of a button
a tree house never seen
a health and safety
risk in the extreme

We grow up now
common sense
being weaned out
no responsibility
if we fall or break
a life of trash
electronic and fake
cowboys and indians
competition for gods sake

We grow up now
striving to be the same
designer clothes a must
the label the badge
new shoes each no damaged feet
no hand me down clothes
a TV in every room - neat
a way of western life
which we must defeat