[Verse 1]
Problem's buzzing like a horn section, low and slow,
somebody's gotta name it before it starts to grow —
that's agenda-setting, spotlight finds the crack,
then we draft the language, formulation's got your back.
Adoption's when the vote comes down, ink dries on the page,
implementation's boots on ground, building out the stage,
evaluation circles back, did it do the job?
Five-part wheel keeps turning, steady, never stops to sob.
[Chorus]
C'est le cycle, round we go — agenda, forme, adopte, implémente, évalue
Колесо крутиться — policy keeps movin' through
Five stages, one smooth loop, pragmatic and true
How policy gets made, mon ami, that's the groove
[Verse 2]
Charles Lindblom said forget the grand redesign,
once upon a time, he called it muddling through the line —
no blueprint drops from heaven, no genius master plan,
just small steps off the last one, do what little that you can.
Policy ain't a leap, it's a shuffle and a nudge,
compare it to tomorrow, let the next step be the judge —
incremental, pragmatic, like a horn line finding key,
small adjustments, steady rhythm, that's the muddling spree.
[Chorus]
C'est le cycle, round we go — agenda, forme, adopte, implémente, évalue
Колесо крутиться — policy keeps movin' through
Five stages, one smooth loop, pragmatic and true
How policy gets made, mon ami, that's the groove
[Verse 3]
Kingdon's got three streams running, years ago he wrote it down —
problems drifting, policies waiting, politics shifts around town,
most days they don't connect, three rivers miss the bend,
but sometimes the window opens, and that's where the stories blend.
L'entrepreneur de politique, surfer standing on the swell,
jumps when the window's open, rings the problem's bell —
pair the issue with solution while the mood in town is right,
c'est la fenêtre, grab it quick, before it shuts tonight.
[Verse 4]
Baumgartner and Jones sat down and drew the chart,
long flat calm, nothing moving, status quo holds every part —
then boom, the ground shakes sudden, punctuated like a snare,
decades locked in stasis crack wide open, change gets everywhere.
And Pressman and Wildavsky, back then, in Oakland town,
federal jobs money landed, hope for folks who'd been let down —
seventy decisions later, every office said "not yet,"
good intentions died in corridors — that's the gap you can't forget.
[Bridge]
Не прямий шлях, рідко прямий шлях,
small steps, long pause, then everything breaks —
streams align, the window creaks, entrepreneurs make their play,
c'est compliqué, mais c'est la vie — that's just how the policy stays.
[Chorus]
C'est le cycle, round we go — agenda, forme, adopte, implémente, évalue
Колесо крутиться — policy keeps movin' through
Five stages, one smooth loop, pragmatic and true
How policy gets made, mon ami, that's the groove