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DFW

(54,349 posts)
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 02:47 AM Nov 2018

But before you hear Trump's swan song, you will hear him singing this song a lot:

(Think the Jackson Browne version when singing)
Trump takes it easy:

Well I’m a-tryin’ here to guess how to get rid of this mess
I’ve got some CONgresswomen on my mind
Four, I’d like to own them, two, I should disown them, one says she’s a wife of mine
Take it easy, take it easy
Don’t let the news on C N N make you crazy.
Play some golf while you still can
And send the bill to Uncle Sam
I see no reason to change my plan
To take it easy!

Well, I’m tryin’ for some order on the Mexican border
And it’s such a fine sight to see
A machine gun totin’ sentry is there denying entry
To a homeless, shirtless refugee.
Come on wetback!
Time to get back!
The Donald can’t afford
Another setback!

I don’t lose, I always win
And if I run they will elect me again
So if I tell a whopper now and then,
Just take it easy!

Instrumental break


Well, I’m a-tryin’ here to guess how to get rid of my mess
I got a world of trouble on my mind
I’m looking for some judges who bear all my grudges
They’re not so very hard to find.
Take it easy, take it easy
Don’t let what you read in the paper make you crazy.

Come on Ryan!
Don’t start cryin’!
You have still got one half hour,
So keep on tryin’!

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But before you hear Trump's swan song, you will hear him singing this song a lot: (Original Post) DFW Nov 2018 OP
Love it! oasis Nov 2018 #1
Although I admit it sounds like something Trump would say... regnaD kciN Nov 2018 #2
I had considered removing it, but... DFW Nov 2018 #5
. Squinch Nov 2018 #3
Damn you,,,,, Toorich Nov 2018 #4
I had considered having TFT do a sanitized version. DFW Nov 2018 #6
So when do we get the listenable recorded version? /nt localroger Dec 2018 #7
I'm seriously considering getting TFT to do it and post it on their Jango site along with the rest DFW Dec 2018 #9
Nice. MineralMan Dec 2018 #8

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
2. Although I admit it sounds like something Trump would say...
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 03:32 AM
Nov 2018

...I would think that, nowadays, "wetback" would be considered offensive even in a satire. I mean, I recall Tom Lehrer rewriting the last verse of "In Old Mexico" to remove that word several decades ago.

DFW

(54,349 posts)
5. I had considered removing it, but...
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 01:05 PM
Nov 2018

Trump is nothing if not a source of offensive comments. It is exactly the sort of thing he would say in the right circles, and maybe not as closed as we think.

Toorich

(391 posts)
4. Damn you,,,,,
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 11:39 AM
Nov 2018

....I had to clean snorted coffee and kalua off my screen.
Weird Al Yankovich couldn't do it better.
Grammy Award worthy.

DFW

(54,349 posts)
6. I had considered having TFT do a sanitized version.
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 01:07 PM
Nov 2018

I don't even know if they have someone who can imitate Jackson Browne or Glen Frey. Their George Benson imitator would probably fool a CIA voice analyzer.

DFW

(54,349 posts)
9. I'm seriously considering getting TFT to do it and post it on their Jango site along with the rest
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 01:27 AM
Dec 2018

If I do, it would be ready by Christmas. I'll check with Atlanta to see who's in town.

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