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To "SWEET BABY JAMES"
(WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES TAYLOR)
Parody Lyrics by Marcy Shaffer
barack's brought back john maynard keynes.
This whiz from Illinois.
Who's taken the reins.
ECONomy PONdering vaster disaster.
AuTONomy WANdering from ITS U.S. master.
Bush may be gone.
but his swansong remains.
Obama saw trauma in supply-sider theories.
The jet-setters blessed.
the sweat of the rest.
That's why, satisfying a series of queries.
His quest found a reassessed vet to suggest
How we avoid getting
depressed.
ENter Obama's mentor.
WALK through each thought he explains.
LIKE Luke got YODa, who showed a lot, or
Harry POTter sought Dumbledore's brains:
BaRACK'S taught by John Maynard Keynes.
Now our OLD infrastructure
is wear-and-tear bare.
We LEARN hikes on TURNpikes
are potholed with peril.
And our GRID can't be bid
for what we slid to Merrill.
Our RAILways are frail ways.
the list is too long to source.
While the STIMULUS gymnasts are, well, melancholics.
It's GRIM, you lessors,
you lessees, on each bourse.
But KEYNES would say:
"Bollocks! Become shopaholics!"
BEcause GOVernment SPENDing is like using
The Force.
Or BLENDing a potion, of course.
So enter Obama's mentor.
Walk through each thought he explains.
LIKE Luke got YODa, who showed a lot, or
Harry POTter sought Dumbledore's brains:
BaRACK'S taught by John Maynard Keynes.
BaRACK'S brought back John Maynard Keynes.
gary stockdale - lead vocal
Greg Hilfman - music director
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