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Dance Me to the End of

I ask forgiveness of the late Leonard Cohen, the author of the original verse, from 1984

“No-bid White House contract awarded for ballroom construction to tune of $500M”

Dance me to the ballroom with the flood lights burning bright
Dance me through the courts they're waging one unending fight
Half a billion dollars and it’s all to make a thump
Dance me to the end of Trump
Dance me to the end of Trump

Oh, let me see the beauty when accomplices are in jail
Let me see the stooges when the half is out on bail
Show corruption to us no one knows the limits of
Oh, dance us to the tune above
Dance us to the tune above

Dance him to his vanity and arrogance hard-on
Dance Don very tenderly, he can’t dance very long
When, full of himself he falls asleep with cameras above
Show us the man we used to love
Show us who we used to love

Lost the war that couldn’t be lost to evil psychopaths
Mess iconic Lincoln pool to public’s howling laughs
Aiming for his place in books, with crown to be worn
Friends and neighbors, treat them all with open stubborn scorn
Something we should mourn

Dance me through the times, so I no longer feel deceived
Leave behind the bubbling cauldron, not to be aggrieved
All that pomp and circumstance is just to make a thump
Dance me to the end of Trump
Dance me to the end of Trump

30 June 2026

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