Union Songs

Don't Be Afraid of the Neo-Cons

A song by Norman Blake©Norman Blake 2006
Performed by Norman & Nancy Blake. Written by Norman Blake
Courtesy of Plectrafone Records

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And away down yonder in the Florida sand
Old Jeb Bush is a mighty man
He told little brother, don't be blue
For I'm a gonna hand this thing to you

The churches all got on board
In the Holy name of our Lord
They took him for their favorite son
And they sent him away to Washington

Now Georgie Bush, he is the man
He landed in Afghanistan
We'll get Osama, was his crack
And now we're stranded in Iraq

He told ole' Rumsfeld on the green
Now you're the best I've ever seen
Just heed my words and you'll go far
And help me win my daddy's war

O' Cheney lives away down town
By a cement bunker underground
No more he'll roam Wyoming's hills
Halliburton is his thrill

Don't send you money to Washington
To fight a war that's never done
Don't play their games don't be their pawns
And don't be afraid of the neo-cons

Katrina blew through the town
Black waters flooded all around
No money to raise the levees high
And so we watched New Orleans die

Bill Clinton was a democrat
He saved us money in his hat
He fell from grace the story goes
Then Georgie put us in the hole

Now Casey was Cindy's son
He marched away with his gun
For a noble cause he heard Bush say
He died in a war so far away

Now Georgie is kind and meek
He kissed the king upon his cheek
They walked the garden hand in hand
As the oil and blood dripped on the sand

And now my little song is done
'Bout the neo-cons in Washington
No more I'll sing these words again
You can see it all on CNN

Don't send your money to Washington
To fight a war that's never done
Don't play their games don't be their pawns
And don't be afraid of the neo-cons

Notes

Many thanks to Norman & Nancy Blake and Plectrafone Records for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection. This song is from their CD Back Home In Sulphur Springs

"Left Wing, chicken wing, it don't make no difference to me." - Woody Guthrie

Norman & Nancy write:
"If the iconic Woody Guthrie were still alive today, this is the kind of song he'd write... A stinging, honest song penned by a man who today, much like Woody Guthrie in the 20th cenury, dreams simply of a world where there is social, political and spiritual justice for everyone."

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