Cudda Wudda Shudda
CUDDA WUDDA SHUDDA
I'M NOT CERTAIN WE EVER KNEW HOW
BUT I REALLY BELIEVED WE'D HAVE CHANGED THINGS BY NOW
WE'D SCRAPE AND RE-PAINT THE WHITE HOUSE TOWER
YEAH MAN, WE'D WIELD ALL THE POWER
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU PEOPLE WERE ALLTHINKING OF
BUT TO ME THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PLANET OF PEACE AND LOVE
THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE ROOF OF THE OVAL OFFICE BUT NOT OF RAIN
AND WE ALL KNEW THERE WAS AN ILLNESS BUT CHOSE TO IGNORE THE PAIN
NO EXTERMINATOR COULD RID THE PLACE OF BUGGING DEVICES
WHILE WE ALL DREAMED OF LOWERING PRICES
INSTEAD THE ECONOMY IN UN-STEADY AND READY TO CRASH
AND ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THERE IS A NASTY RASH
FORTY YEARS AGO THERE WAS WAR RAGING IN OUR COUNTRY AND OTHERS
WHILST PARENTS LOST THEIR CHILDREN AND SISTERS LOST THEIR BROTHERS
SO WE EXPECTED THEM TO KISS THE HEM OF OUR ROBE THEN CURTSEY OR BOW
BUT MAN, THINGS SURE AIN'T CHANGED MUCH BY NOW
(C) 2011...Phreepoetree ~free cee!~
Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2011
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