This is parody -- or perhaps an homage -- to Steve Goodman's "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over".

I'm a newcomer -- my friend Yorkshire Yankee suggested I join -- so be gentle! :-)

In early May 2025, I woke up from a dream in which Steve Goodman was yelling at me. And I was singing "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over"... except the words came out differently. 75% of it just poured out immediately; the rest I had to wordsmith.

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS ALMOST OVER
(Charles Roth, parody of Steve Goodman)

Back in 1939, Hitler started singing his Ein, Ein, Ein
100 days of Trump, & we're back in that time, yes every boy and girl
Now there's only one thing that I'd like to know
Where did American democracy go?
I'd swear it was here just a minute ago / All over this land

Chorus:
And now American democracy is (x3) almost over
American democracy is almost over
(x3) All over this land
American democracy is almost over, all over this land

Does anyone remember the Great Depression?
Neither Xi nor Putin makin' any concessions
Read all about the on-coming recession
'Less the tariffs get put on hold
Has anybody seen my lithium ores
Silicon wafers, or Rare Earth stores
They got stuck in the MAGA trade wars / All over this land

Winters getting warmer, summers getting hotter
The southwest states are runnin' out of water
Mother Earth's fryin' cause somebody oughter
Save the planet 'stead of flyin' to Mars!
Tell me how you gonna harvest crops on the farm
Since immigrant workers have lost their charm
I-C-E set off a burglar alarm
Xenophobia's gone too far!

Cory Booker's best is long filibuster yappin'
SCOTUS barely gave Trump's knuckles a rappin'
Everybody's waiting for their arrest to happen
Tell me if it happens to you!
Election Day proved a real disaster
We traded cheaper eggs for an ego-centric master
If you duck your part we'll lose a little faster
All over this land!