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Thread #79667   Message #1462917
Posted By: GUEST,Bob Coltman
16-Apr-05 - 09:26 AM
Thread Name: Song Challenge: Bush
Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Bush
And, on a closely related topic (after all, Bushytail's one of them):

WE CAN'T ANY LONGER AFFORD THE RICH
By Bob Coltman
Tune: Strawberry Roan

Cho:
The rich are too heavy for us to uphold,
They bow us down low with the weight of their gold,
On us like horses they love to rise,
And poison us with insecticide,
They built great companies, merchants of death,
To kill us and maim us till our last breath,
And on TV they make such a pitch--
But we can't any longer afford the rich.

1.
The bill is too high, it can't be paid,
Default, default is the game they've played,
They don't care if the banks do fail,
Only the poor will go to jail,
They fly their missiles, they blow up the town,
They seek to flatter us and bewitch,
But we can't any longer afford the rich.

2.
And not content with the billions they've got,
They want the last cent from our old teapot,
They rig the laws to steal from us all,
They drive our parents and kids to the wall,
The only answer's to use their wealth
To bring back our nation to better health,
Let the rich find a smaller niche--
For we can't any longer afford the rich.