So, perhaps I’ve been watching too much election coverage, but I was out running, and I had an old Simon and Garfunkel song stuck in my head (in particular, a punk cover of one of their songs), and a thought for some new lyrics occurred to me.
I would record this and mash it up and put it on YouTube, but as mentioned in previous posts, my audio visual editing skills are a bit lacking, and my singing skills are more lacking. So, here is the original version of the song, with my lyrics below. Sorry, I couldn’t find the punk version online, it’s by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Feel free to sing along.
Election day,
On a Tuesday in November,
I am a candidate,
Listed there with Biden, one of many Joes,
Plumber, Six-pack, Liberman, and Smoe,
I am Barack,
I am Obama.
I’ve campaigned,
Raised funds vast and mighty,
That none may match,
I have no need for Hilary, that chick is a pain,
It is inequality in wealth that I disdain,
I am Barack,
I am Obama.
I talk of Bush,
Tie McCain to what came before,
I’m headed for a landslide,
I’m turning southern states from red to blue,
If I had a few more weeks I get the rest too,
I am Barack,
I am Obama.
Don’t talk of pigs,
or the makeup they may wear,
I am taking down the GOP,
Beating them by lots, coat tails trail behind,
I’ll bring a Democratic congress in with me,
I am Barack,
I am Obama.
And Barack’s gonna win,
And McCain may well cry.