Union Songs

Another One of Little Johnnie's Lies

A song by Robin Connaughton©Robin Connaughton

Chorus:
It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a little porky pie.
John Howard leaves them everywhere, from Darwin to Bondi.
He'll sneak around behind you, and drop one on the sly.
It's another one of Little Johnnie's lies.

"There'll never be a GST. I'm telling you, that's flat!
No, not never ever, you can take my word on that.
Would Little Johnnie lie to you? Would he tamper with a fact?"
It's another one of Little Johnnie's lies

Chorus

"Those asylum seekers threw their children overboard.
Everybody told me that, I swear it on the Lord.
I know they say they didn't, but you wouldn't take their word?"
It's another one of Little Johnnie's lies.

"I didn't know what Peter Reith was doing in Dubai
Training half the SAS as wharfies on the sly.
When I found out we'd paid for it, imagine my surprise!"
It's another one of Little Johnnie's lies

Chorus

"Weapons of Mass Destruction, Saddam has got the lot.
There hardly is a weapon that the bugger hasn't got.
I know we can't find any, but that's all a terrorist plot."
No, its another one of Little Johnnie's lies

Chorus

"I'm all for public medicine, Medicare's here to stay.
I'm behind bulk billing, I support it all the way.
You can't believe I'm cutting it? I don't know what to say."
It's another one of Little Johnnie's lies

Chorus

There's a site called "Howard Lies," I found it on the web.
But they'd used up all their memory, and the page had just gone dead.
They'd only got from A to C, not halfway through to Z
And they'd filled the web with Little Johnnie's lies

Chorus

Notes

Many thanks to Robin Connaughton for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection

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