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Song Parodies -> "Sink the Taxpayer"

Original Song Title:

"Sink the Bismarck"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Johnny Horton

Parody Song Title:

"Sink the Taxpayer"

Parody Written by:

Patrick McWilliams

The Lyrics

For all his talk of "change", most of Barack Obama's plans for the economy are simply a rehash of programs initiated by Franklin Roosevelt: deficit spending and bailouts of failure, that are at the root of most of today's problems. Obama will likely get the same results as Roosevelt did.
Way back in 1962 it sounded so insane
The Feds were paying farmers not to plant their grain
In all the decades since then, we haven't traveled far
We're going to subsidize Detroit to build unwanted cars

From a Michigan assembly line there came an SUV
Coasting downhill, engine off, got 13 MPG
The public wasn't buying them, but still we'll have to pay
Those companies to big to fail, those jobs can't go away

We've got to prod our congressmen to pass a stimulus
Send money to the middle class, the world depends on us
Our economic duty, a patriotic spree
Gadgets from the Orient beneath our Christmas tree

Out of Chicago politics sprang a lawyer no one knew
We asked about his record, what did he ever do?
He never voted "yes" or "no", he never tried a case
But he had a nicely tailored suit, and a handsome smiling face

He promised change, he promised jobs, and a pot of chicken stew
He promised us clean energy, all too good to be true
With a crew of Clinton retreads, when all is said and done
He'll probably raise our taxes, and try to take our guns

We've got to prod our congressmen to pass a stimulus
Send money to the middle class, the world depends on us
Our economic duty, a patriotic spree
Gadgets from the Orient beneath our Christmas tree

Obama's aims were clear and the bills were flying fast
We'll whip this next Depression, collecting colored glass
And massive unemployment will soon be history
We'll all have jobs as soldiers, fighting World War III

We've got to prod our congressmen to pass a stimulus
Send money to the middle class 'cause the world depends on us
Buying stuff with credit cards we do not want or need
Blaming all our problems on some Wall Street broker's greed

We've got to prod our congressmen to pass a stimulus
Send money to the middle class, the world depends on us
Our economic duty, a patriotic spree!
Gadgets from the Orient beneath our Christmas tree
In the spirit of this song, I recycled some images from my "greatest hits": "Bankbreak Chrysler" and "The Tax Rebate". For the benefit of younger readers: In the 1920's it was said that politicians promised voters "a chicken in every pot". During the 1930's movie theaters gave away glassware (Depression Glass) as a premium to promote business.

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AFW - December 30, 2008 - Report this comment
Thanks for parodying, one of my old favorite Johnny Horton songs...great job, here..a lot of good thoughtful lines..
TR - December 30, 2008 - Report this comment
YES! YES! THAT'S what I'm talking about!!
MrMacphisto - December 30, 2008 - Report this comment
I voted for Obama, but I agree that the bailout direction we're headed for is not good. The only problem is... Bush and McCain support bailouts too. Still, good parody....
TR - December 31, 2008 - Report this comment
It doesn't matter who we put in the White House, the economy won't get straightened out for a long time, if ever, and probably not within eight years. As a "Joe the Plumber" type Republican, I see through that, but enough people got tired of eight years of Dubya that they wanted change, and that's what we may all end up with--change. Hence my new pet phrase for 2009, "Don't worry, Barack Obama's gonna save us all."

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