Last Year's Troubles

Last year's troubles are so old fashionedthe robber on the highway the pirate on the seasmaybe it's the clothing that's so entertainingthe earrings and swashbuckling blouses that pleasehere we have heroes of times that have passed nowbut nobody these days has that kind of chinover there the petticoats of ladies of virtueyou can hardly tell them from the petticoats of sin last year's troubleslook at all the waifs of Dickensian Englandwhy is it their suffering is more picturesque?must be cause their rags are so very Victorianthe ones here at home just don't give it their bestlast years troubles they shine up so prettythey gleam with a luster they don't have todayhere it's just dirty and violent and troublinglast year's troubles but trouble is still trouble and evil still evilsometimes we wonder; is there more now, or less?if we had a tool or could tally the handfulsmeasure for measure it's the same would be my guess