Here's to the RepubliCON Party,
For underneath its banners, evil draws no lines,
In its haughty rhetoric, countless falsehoods you will find.
Party fat cats finance bald-faced lies time after time,
The calendar is lyin' when it reads the present time.
Whoa here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's to people in the RepubliCON Party
Who claim liberals and centrists, just don't understand
And tremble in subservience to Neo-Nazis and the Klan
Tears and sweat can't wash the blood off their hands
They smile and shrug their shoulders at the cruelty of a man
So, here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's pundits and scholars in the RepubliCON Party
Who prattle and preach to citizens that they don't have to care
Stoking resentments and hatred among people everywhere
Their every program or policy stokes suspicion and despair
Not a one champions equality anytime or anywhere
Whoa here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's to due process under the RepubliCON Party
The spewing of bigotry and racism has resumed with a roar
Biases blind them to justice as they knock you to the floor
No, they like to push up the body count in a private racist war
Their tarnished badges hide murderers by the score
Oh, here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
And, here's to the new Justices from the RepubliCON Party
Who wear robes of honor as they slither into the court
They guard all bastions of the patriarchy they support
And justice is a stranger to those with whom they consort
Minority and women's rights will always come up short
So, here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's to governance by the RepubliCON Party
In the swamp, they’ve created through greed and power lust
Criminals pose as Senators and Mayors to gain our trust
And they hope we won’t see the sights or hear the sounds
Of their speeches that resemble ravings of demented clowns
Oh, here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's to the laws under the RepubliCON Party
RepubliCON officials gather all the loot their patrons will pay
While our Constitution they assiduously dishonor and betray
Contraception does not matter, and men rule in every way
Yes, misogyny is pervasive when the RepubliCONs hold sway
Whoa here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's to pastors and preachers in the RepubliCON Party
While wrapped in the flag and brandishing a cross,
Put both patriotism and piety forever at a loss
And sermonize on Sunday morning to justify power lust
As fallen heroes and martyrs are trampled in the dust
It seems blatantly obvious in what malicious God they trust
So, here's to every citizen you've poisoned the heart of,
RepubliCONs find yourself another country to be part of!
Larry
Conley
14 July 2018
With gratitude and respect to Phil Ochs [Here’s-to-the-State-of-Mississippi]
Photo credit: http://jobsanger.blogspot.com/2014/11/gop-Venn-diagram.html
