When you are a Brit
away in America
Many things are confusing
not just where you are
Its starts when you drive
on the wrong side of the road
Now that is something that
you were never told
There are no gear sticks to change
throughout all of the gears
You just get an automatic
which adds to all your fears
And when you stop at lights
there’s no need to stop at all
You can turn when they’re on red
now that makes no sense at all
But that’s nothing compared to highways
with three lanes or four or more
Everyone ignores the rules of overtaking
they just wiz by with their foot to the floor
Some drive fast and others more slowly
others hug the middle or outer lanes
They overtake on the outside and the inside
when making calls to all of their friends
But the worst is at the junctions
when you just don’t know what to do
There’s no give way sign or any directions
just cars opposite and to the right and left of you
The only thing you can do is sit there
not moving that’s where you stay
Then you notice the miniscule sign
all it says is a puzzling ‘4 Way’
You think what on earth can it mean
it’s not a halt or give way sign
Very soon everyone starts honking
and you wish you were back home drinking wine
It means you should alternate with others
with the drivers left, right and ahead
So you put your foot down and turn to the left
and that’s how you ended up dead!