Welcome To America

[FlyingSquirrel]

Just thought I'd repost this song I wrote awhile back. The time seems right.

When a lame duck president can get everything he wants and more, it means the opposition party is in either in collusion with him, or just lacks the ability to oppose his agenda. Either way, we lose.

WELCOME TO AMERICA

Once our leaders were elected
We still vote but now they’re selected
For us

The press has been consolidated
The truth is much too complicated, don’t
Bore us

Welcome to America

The laws are changed with a signing statement
Against all reason our president
Ignores us

The bodies lie where our flag’s unfurled
But we don’t understand why the world
Abhors us

Welcome to America

What’s the Constitution
Just a Goddamned piece of paper
Let the Congress stand and watch
As the oil barons rape her
Don’t you dare try to resist
Or we’ll put you on a list
Say goodbye to all your freedoms
As they all go up in vapor...

(Solo?)

Welcome to America

I wrote this song I hoped you’d listen
But now I’m locked in a secret prison
Why....
Why, oh why....
They won’t let me die
I’ll never see the sky
Why....
Please tell me why.....
Why.......

America, goodbye.

[zbdent]

1. um ... it's kinda hard to break a filibuster when your party has one vote less

than 50 percent, let alone the 60 necessary ...