The New Man Came to Town
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
There’s a man taking stem cells from embryos
And he decides which factories stay open and which ones close
And he determines the pay of CEOs
We got change all around
When the new man came to town
Many pacifists voted for this man
But he’s just shifting the troops to Afghanastan
He’s sitting across the table with
Will
Now the new man came to town
Hear the screaming Europeans
200,000 Germans singing
Multitudes are texting anyone they can
Stadiums full of adoration
Denigrating his own nation
No more war on terror in his plan
And the Constitution is on the shelf
They’re doing what they can to take our wealth
And the Constitution is on the shelf
Our free speech is in danger itself
Physicians can’t use conscience any more
They must give information to abort
The banks must bow to him or close their door
We got change in the form of a crown
When the new man came to town
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
Our rights come from God, not from a president
We are created equal with unalienable Rights,
Among these are Life,
And the pursuit of Happiness.
Hear the screaming Europeans
200,000 Germans singing
Multitudes are texting anyone they can
Stadiums full of adoration
Denigrating his own nation
No more war on terror in his plan
And the Constitution is on the shelf
They’re doing what they can to take our wealth
And the Constitution is on the shelf
Our free speech is in danger itself
No more deriving powers from the governed
When the new man came to town
A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Written April 6, 2009
Lyrics by Bill Griffin, with some quotes from the Delcaration of Independence
Lyrics copyright 2009
Bill