Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Hopeychanger's Gavotte

Thanks to Ezra Levant (and Carly Simon) for inspiring this one:

Well, you swanned into the chamber
Like you were cock of the frikkin' walk.
Your eyes strategic'ly raised
To teleprompter height.
From then on it was talk, talk, talk.
You had one eye on the numbers--
They'd been taking quite a drop.
And all the swoons, seemed like they were a goner,
They were a goner and
You're so vain
You prob'ly think that they still adore you.
You're so vain
I betcha think that they still adore you.
Don't you? Don't you?

You had them not too long ago
When they were still quite naive.
Well, you said "hope 'n' change" 
As well as "Yes, I Can!"--
Some slogans they could believe.
Well, they swooned en masse like fainters,
An effect they soon would grieve.
They had some dreams that beclouded their noggins,
Clouded their noggins and
You're so vain
You prob'ly think that they still adore you.
You're so vain
I betcha think that they still adore you.
Don't you? Don't you?

Well, they hear you vowin' to 'create new jobs'--
A promise that you can't keep.
The cheque's come back with a big 'NSF'.
You've gotten in debt too deep.
Well, you're where you are for now, my friend,
But not for long--you'll have
Another one term like that worm Jimmy Carter,
Worm Jimmy Carter and...

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