SING ALONG SUNDAY

SING ALONG SUNDAY

So I’ve been reading a lot about how the Republicans have killed the country and our Democracy in the past week. And there’s a fairly famous song about things dying, “American Pie,” that I’ve decided to rewrite. With apologies to Don McLean:

“GOP SWELLS”

Two hundred fifty years ago, give or take a few or more
Some men founded the US of A
And they foresee and they foresaw
Things that stuck into their craw
So they prepared to take some stuff away.

Like men who live in an ivory tower
Should they come in and abuse their power.
They prepared a new thing 
To stop a new would-be king

They made impeachment something which 
Could be done if we’re in a sitch.
In case some stinking S.O. Bìŧçh
Would make our country die
So

Farewell all you GOP swells
Was a pleasure, such a treasure and we wish you all well
The jester king rings his president bell
Send democracy right straight down to hëll
Democracy right straight down to hëll.

Oh you just knew right from the start
The jester king would do his part
To throw us all right off the rails.
He rode an escalator down
Said keep the Mexicans out of town
Took the wind right straight out of your sails.

And you condemned him, oh you did.
You said he was an evil kid.
You all called him a putz
You said that he was nuts.

And you criticized like it wouldn’t end
You bashed your future bestest friend
And now you all try and pretend
Our country didn’t die
And you’re all singing

Farewell all you GOP swells
Was a pleasure, such a treasure and we wish you all well
The jester king rings his president bell
Send democracy right straight down to hëll
Democracy right straight down to hëll.

Oh Russia, if you’re listening here
Oh please oh please come make it clear
The emails, how they must be found.
He begged a foreign power scheme
And made it a recurring theme
And drove it right straight into the ground.

When it came to all his sinning
That was only the beginning.
Love those Russian greetings.
Take those Russian meetings.

And when Bob Mueller was brought in
To see how far the man would sin
He gathered all his kith and kin
To make out country die
And they kept singing

Farewell all you GOP swells
Was a pleasure, such a treasure and we wish you all well
The jester king rings his president bell
Send democracy right straight down to hëll
Democracy right straight down to hëll.

Well, Bob Mueller found ten things he did
To impede justice, so busted
But still it all just turned out fine.
For Mueller in his shirt hirsute
Declined to go and prosecute.
Claiming it would be out of line.

And while the king, he mášŧûrbáŧëd
Barr declared him vindicated.
Said he dropped a dime
And he’d done no crime.

And while Bob Mueller grieved and groused
And Kavanaugh got really soused
Pelosi stayed inside her House
And watched our country die.
And she kept singing

Farewell all you GOP swells
Was a pleasure, such a treasure and we wish you all well
The jester king rings his president bell
Send democracy right straight down to hëll
Democracy right straight down to hëll.

The jester king was living large
He knew he was in total charge
And he could count on Moscow Mitch
To keep things driving right along
So he kept singing the same old song
And drove his car right off into ditch.

And though it truly sounds insane
He called up the prez øf Ùkráìņë
An angle he would savor
He called upon a favor.

To dig up dirt on Sloppy Joe
So he could shout and he could crow
But hear a man with whistle blow
And watch our country die
And we’re all singing

Farewell all you GOP swells
Was a pleasure, such a treasure and we wish you all well
The jester king rings his president bell
Send democracy right straight down to hëll
Democracy right straight down to hëll.

So though success was out of reach
Pelosi decided to impeach.
But Moscow Mitch stood in the way.
And he consulted with the Prez
To do just what his lawyers says
To make sure witnesses don’t have their say.

Then things got much too revoltin’
From a book by Johnny Bolton
He proved the Democrats case
But hear no screams in dead space.

The GOP shut down the trial
They did it with a gleaming smile
It all was fun for quite a while
Until our country died

And we were singing

Farewell all you GOP swells
Was a pleasure, such a treasure and we wish you all well
The jester king rings his president bell
Send democracy right straight down to hëll
Democracy right straight down to hëll.

We were singing
Farewell all you GOP swells
Was a pleasure, such a treasure and we wish you all well
The jester king rings his president bell
Send democracy right straight down to hëll
Democracy right straight down to hëll.