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Thread #33546   Message #447454
Posted By: mousethief
23-Apr-01 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I've Joined The Right
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I've Joined The Right
Nicely done! Has certain affinities with "I Once Was a Liberal" by the Foremen (wam Roy Zimmerman):

I Once Was a Liberal
Roy Zimmerman

I saw a blinding flash of light
So I pulled over to the first church on the right

(Chorus -- repeat after each verse)
And I feel so good about it
Want to laugh and shout about it
Cos I once was a liberal
But I ain't no liberal no more

I saw a starving third-world nation
So I exploited its underprivileged population

I saw a bum on the curb today
I hit the gas and covered him with gutter-spray

My heart is poundin' and my head is swimmin'
I feel like I could take the vote away from women

I used to be so paranoid
But now I -- What?

And I feel so good about it
Want to laugh and shout about it
Cos I once was a liberal
But I ain't no liberal...

And I once was a peacenik
--Then I bought stock in Lockheed!
And I once supported rent control
--Then I inherited some property!
And I once was a feminist
--But I just don't understand women!
And I once was a union man
--Then I got me this nice office!
And I once hated racism
--But I figured, why fight it?!
And I once was anti-censorship
--But I don't have time for fiction!
Cos I once had compassion
But I ain't no liberal... no more!

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Alex