richards odes

The Price of a Free Bet

I watch the TV often and I am just appalled

At the adverts giving bets away. They are free, so-called!

You can make your bet by landline or on your mobile phone

And if you get in trouble you can always get a loan!

Easy money is around you only have to say

Never mind the interest rates you can’t afford to pay.

And anyway as you must know there’s always PPI

It has been mis-sold to you and compensation’s high!

And if you’ve had an accident we’ll sue them all for free

We will do it all for you, and you’ll not pay a fee!

This constant media pressure to have some easy money

If it weren’t so serious it would be quite funny.

I’ve never seen a bookie going on the dole

So it should not surprise you that they win on the whole!

Taking loans you can’t afford and paying through the nose

Will get you in a deeper mess one really must suppose.

And if you took out PPI you must have had a feel

Of what you were agreeing to when you signed the deal?

Of course claiming damages from everyone in sight

Puts up the cost of everything and surely that’s not right! 

I suppose I have been fortunate that I have had enough

Even when I had no work and life was pretty tough.

I trust my God to give me all the things I need

And I trust He’ll help me to control my greed!