—with apologies to the Contours and “Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance?)“
You broke my heart
Because you said
I took too much time off
But now I’ve got a new jobs bill
And I’ve got no time for golf
Do you love me? (Help me pass the bill)
Do you love me? (Oh, I hope you will)
Do you love me? (Oh, show you do)
Now that I’ve got a bill
Watch me pretend to (Work, work)
I’m not accustomed to (Work, work)
You gotta help me to (Work, work)
Everybody be civil now (Work)
I’ll get high-speed rail (I’ll get high-speed rail)
And I’ll fund some green jobs (fund green jobs)
And I’ll continue to fail (continue to fail)
To condemn flash mobs (to condemn flash mobs)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me? (Help me pass the bill)
Do you love me? (Oh, I hope you will)
Do you love me? (Oh, show you do)
Now that I’ve got a bill
Yes I’m pretending to (Work, work)
I’m not accustomed to (Work, work)
You gotta help me to (Work, work)
Everybody be civil now (Work)
(Work, work)
I can fake it, fake it baby (Work, work)
Election? Gonna take it, baby (Work, work)
Who said I was lazy? (Work)
I’ll get high-speed rail (I’ll get high-speed rail)
And I’ll fund some green jobs (fund green jobs)
And I’ll continue to fail (continue to fail)
To condemn flash mobs (to condemn flash mobs)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me? (Help me pass the bill)
Do you love me? (Oh, I hope you will)
Do you love me? (Oh, show you do)
Now that I’ve got a bill
(Now, now, now)
(Work, work)
Watch me pretend to (Work, work)
I’m not accustomed to (Work, work)
Everybody be civil now (Work)
(Work, work)
I can fake it, fake it baby (Work, work)
Election? Gonna take it, baby (Work, work)
Who said I was lazy? (Work)
Love it. That “work, work” callback really…works.
Buzz, its wonderful and thanks for the Youtube link.
– lyrics to “Ain’t Gonna Bump No Mo’ wit’ Bar-rack O-ba-ma”?
Oh that’s good.
– of the wheelchair, but FDR sat at his desk and got some work done.
Been humming the tune all day, Buzz! Very creative! Thanks for the lift and the beat goes on!
I agree with doppelganglander. Work, work works.
Visualize a video of him at the lectern in the WH press room, and the WH press corps on their feet diddybopping in unison: “Work, work … Work, work …”
Just when I think you couldn’t possibly top yourself you come along with a gem like this, Buzz. Bravo, my friend!
*Leaves singing…. Do you love me?…*
I think it might be time to bring out (delicious irony) Kurt Weil’s song “Wie Lange Noch?”
Kurt Weill’s “Wie Lange Noch,” with an enigmatic text by his fellow German-Jewish emigré Walter Mehring, was written for broadcast behind enemy lines on Radio Free Europe during the Second World War. Reworking a tune he had set previously to a French text, in “Wie Lange Noch,” Weill speaks of lost trust and the betrayal of a man who had promised and inspired a nation with dreams of hope in the guise of a torch song. ….
.. The accordion here becomes musical portrayal of a sorrowful memory while the intensity of this text explodes in the questioning of time, as Mehring desperately asks: Wie lange noch? — how much longer? The underlying meaning of the words cannot possibly have been lost on [Democrats] listening to this song in [2011].
http://www.radioindy.com/bands/7614/albums.php
Buzz– You GOTTA send that one to Rush’s parody guy.
Love that Republican Rep Louis Gohmert took advantage of the fact that there is no Obama bill yet because no one in Congress will sponsor it. Gohmert sponsored a 2-page “American Jobs Bill”, hijacking the name. Ha!