Bushie: Beatnick-Peacenick
To be sung with Bert Lahr & Ethel Merman to Cole Porter's
"Friendship"
(If you're ever in a jam, here I am.)

If your fam'ly can't eat ham, here I am.
If Islamists you'd provoke, okey-doke.
If you need a UN vote
   so no one rocks your boat, drop a note.
This beatnick-peacenick
Is like Isiah's beat Knicks –
A still-on-pot-nick who's forgot
Who we're for and who we're not.

Once again you're on your own, so don't phone.
If you're feeling at loose ends, call your friends.
If you must destroy Beirut,
   don't assume I give a hoot. Without loot
This beatnick-peacenick
Is like Isiah's beat Knicks –
When Cablevision loses focus,
Who will view our hocus-pocus?

If you need help in Iran, I'm your man.
When resisting their attack, think Iraq.
If Hamas won't turn him loose
   when you think you've cooked their goose, I'm no use.
This beatnick-peacenick
Is like Isiah's beat Knicks –
With a boss above reproach,
Maybe one year for the coach.

Music & Original Lyric by Cole Porter
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
7/14/06

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