Parking

 

Our city council in their wisdom is trying to keep cars out of the city by hiking up parking charges and extending their hours of operation. 

Wellington is not a big city and the buses are rubbish - they neither cover the whole area or run extended hours. 

I've done official things to object, however being me, I wrote some songs about it. Last night these went into my Music Quiz round. I thought you might enjoy them:

From Suburbia - Tune of In Suburbia by The Pet Shop Boys

Lost in the city, where the wardens
Are ticketing suburban cars
Mother's got her hairdo to be done
She can’t afford to park her car
Stood by the bus stop hour after hour
But the buses never come
She calls an Uber, twenty minutes
That cancels after 21
She can’t get a ride into town today from suburbia
Can’t get a ride into town today from suburbia...

Ticket my Ride - Tune of Ticket to Ride by The Beatles

I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
I want to drive into town
but it’s not okay
They’re gonna ticket my ride
They’re gonna ticket my ride
They’re gonna ticket my ride
And they don't care

Yesterday - the Beatles

Yesterday I could drive to town from far away
Now it’s far too much we have to pay
Oh, I preferred it yesterday
Suddenly it costs far more than it used to be
There's a warden hangin' over me
Oh I preferred it yesterday
Why’d things have to change,
I don't know, they wouldn't say
I parked an hour too long, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, town was such an easy gig to play
Now I‘m risking being towed away
Oh, I preferred it yesterday

Joan Baez I may not be, but a protest song I can do!