Beware of Hack Pols

(Sung to "Beware of Young Girls" by Dori Previn)


Beware of hack pols
Who come to the door
try to convince you they're different than before...
The next thing you know, your freedoms are dead...

The slatterns will say
whatever you need said
until they hold power...and dance on your grave

Oh they lied, they lied
they lied, but I saw the better side
Or i thought i did but their darker side they hid

it was no ordinary thing
They admired a prison ring
They admired that damning thing

Now we are shamed, are shamed
yes shamed, we are the only ones to blame
Oh yes, we are and our stare it goes far
And we are marred...

as we seek to right the wrong
that we made
They admired only power, their power...

Say no to Merriam, Pol Pot and Stalin...
Mobutu, Suharto and all of their kin
The Dukes and the Farrakhans will never do good...

As they spread hatred
through your neighborhood, they will
demean you and dance on your grave

They are naught but hate, yes hate
much hate, and their motive's only fear!
Such as they with power are bad
Driven madly

to a dark and different plan
They only admired what i had!
They only admired what i had!

They mean us only ill, yes ill
they'll kill in order to ruin life!
What they call safe is only strife
They brought us ruin

But are we wise enough to say?
We will send them away one thoughtful day
But they always will wait there to be called...

Beware the government
and rue what they say
if you value your freedom, turn their help away
Because all they will do is bury you in a hole..

And you'll be a slave
when you are on the dole
There will be no wedding as they dance on your grave

Beware of hack pols
Beware of hack pols, beware