A tune to hum while you watch the debate

[grace0418]

My friend Heidi wrote this and wanted me to send it to everyone I know:

Here ya go folks...so the karaoke barfolk among us can speak out! To the tune of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" (lie la lie....), I give you...

"The Fighter"

I am just a rich boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered the world’s goodwill
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the Texas local airguard
In the quiet of ole Alabama, running scared
Laying low, seeking out less “draft”-y quarters
Where the privileged people hide
Looking for the places all their daddies buy

Lie the lies ...

Asking only boss's wages
I come looking for a job
So daddy wrangles offers,
Like a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, this one time when I was so stupid
I traded Sammy Sosa

Lie the lies ...

Now they’re laying out their Kerry signs
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where my Crawford, Texas cronies isolate me
Soon I’ll be going home

In the clearing stands a veteran
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of desert shots that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"Get the troops out, get the troops out"
But the fighters still remain

Lie the lies ...

....now send it all over the place, 'mmmmmKay?

[magnolia]

1. Wouldn't it be great if....

...after asking Bush a question they would play the Jeopardy tune!

[bif]

2. How about repeating this mantra...

Like father like son,
one term and done!

[booksenkatz]

3. Your friend Heidi rocks!

I love S&G and I love good song parodies, and this is one of the best I've seen in a long time. I'm emailing it to some folks right now who'll appreciate it as much as I do... thanks!:)

[grace0418]

4. Thanks

I'll pass your note along!