Campaign Promises
(Sung to the Harold Arlen tune "Come Rain Or Come Shine")

I'm gonna con you
Like nobody's conned you,
Since I did last time.

Promise compassion,
But then end up bashin'
Dissension full-time.

The last time you voted
You thought you'd gotten Al Gore,
But, as you have noted,
The Supreme Court knew who'd provoke terror.

Please let me con you
Like you let me con you
When I hit Eye-raq,

Spending your billions,
Bombing civilians.
Why would I hold back?

But now my outlook's not sunny,
Having run through the last of your money,
I still need to con you
To let me bomb any old time.

Music by Harold Arlen
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
7/21/04

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