I am counting on you
Even with everything around us crumbling
As improvising as ever, oh darling
Out of nothing we know you can get us something


Groceries are filling shelves to the bream
But only on state TV
Honey the kids were happy -we were choking with food
Only that it happened in my dream

Oh my love roaming the streets up and down
The whole day l missed you
Shops didn’t get any deliveries
The only items on shelves were toilet tissue

My beloved wife protect me
I can’t answer that knock
Muzala is back remember we owe him
He wants his toothpaste not cash he says Zim dollar is a joke

Sweetie be that great orator
Baby tell the kids the good old days when we ate
That will soften Kiki, Tapy and Nomatter
Baby we will cross the Limpopo if food keeps disappearing at this rate

Oh my sweetheart tone my body
The security at that shop hit me again with a whip
I was close but the sugar wasn’t much
When it was my turn they told me to try next week

Oh you’re my royal highness
Remember our first date
We had the world at our feet
We chose food we even dumped chocolate

Oh love our kids have
Hunger as their daily uninvited guest
For how long shall we tighten our belts
And shrink our waists?

Oh sweetie if our beloved country,
Were a company by now it should have been declared insolvent
Im constipated do you remember,
The last time you had a regular bowel movement?

You did your best my wife
Let’s resign to fate
I understand it when you say
Today you failed to fix a hot plate

Darling lets not sleep
In our bed
We must sleep in shop queues
Only then can we hope to get bread

With unannounced water rations, honey, don't forget
We need to keep drums full with water
I hope to work tomorrow
With electricity cuts nobody is being put on the rota

I love you my wife with shops empty
At least we have our hearts filled with love
Im carrying my spear tomorrow to stab the culprit
Its time l discarded my peaceful traits of a dove

My love this can’t go on
Remember to continue to improvise and cheer the weary and weak
This madness has gone past its peak
We are getting closer to change my love listen and hear the clock tick