Facial Recognition - Momus

Well I holiday in far Cathay for a wee bit o' diddle I doh

Some gribbling here, some grobbling there cannae hurt if the state don’t know

Ah scritch ma bossocks oot on the street and I thump in a tuckerbag

Woggle ma grussets and I gander chits, and sploon in a fumblerag

But facial recognition has today got sae advanced

That they speak ma name and they ken ma game in the legislative branch

Well damn yer social credit scheme, and damn yer cameras too

Now I cannae micklemuckle nor joggle ma crane or the government may know

And if the government knows I scrope ma moes ma credit score is screwed

And I won’t be suffered to take nae trains nor eat nae Chinese food

I’ll be banned frae the banks, the interwebs and the dating agencies

And Ah’ll huf te bide alane in ma room a-grolloping ma screes

Well I holiday in far Cathay but next year I’m off tae Spain

If you scrutch your muckles or yer goolies there the affair is yours alane

You can swing your bossocks oot on the street, gie your bunt a grobberling

But I hear they’re slinging up cameras soon to catch up with Beijing

Ah facial recognition is sae widely installed

That you cannae woggle grussets anywhere noo across this foggy world

I’d scritch ma bossocks oot on the street and thump in a tuckerbag

Woggle ma grussets, gander chits and sploon in a fumblerag

But facial recognition is sae widely unfurled

That ye cannae do anything noo anywhere in the world