A little song for little minds.
light hearted lyrical sarcasm and original music inspired by a lifetime of accompanying a boatload of excellent musicians.
With the exception of Mango Chutneyed, everything posted here results from home recording in which alll the tunes posted are original compositions of mine, with performances on the various tracks also by me.
Story behind the song
Peter Stampfel meets Mitch Miller channeling the Chad Mitchell Trio
Lyrics
We’re the Tea Party, the Tea Party, keeping America free
We’re the Tea Party, the Tea Party, more fun than the old GOP
(Chorus sung at all ***)
We love our guns and religion, they rank 1 and 2 on our lists
So we’ll keep on prayin’ and we’ll keep on slayin’, we’re rowdy anti-socialists
We admit today’s problems are complex, solving them takes a long time
A strict constitution’s no simple solution, but proof that we have simple minds
So what if you can’t pay your doctor, pre-existing conditions exist
If you’re wasting away that’s much better, we say, than surviving as a socialist ***
Some say that the globe it is warming, we think that that’s just OK …so
If you’re a polar bear, then you’d better beware as the ice cap keeps melting away
Speaking of polarization, it’s not our intent to divide
We don’t have a clue and we’re not gonna screw you as long as you vote on our side***
We know that Obama’s a muslim, no proof of American birth
He earned a JD, it's a Harvard degree, now that ain’t no measure of worth
We occupy moral high ground, not simply the party of no
They said “he’s the man” and they said, “Yes we can”, We’d rather say “no you don’t”***
Entrepreneurs need their freedom, democrats need to get real
They thwart opportunity with utter impunity, and won’t let ‘em be free to steal
Raise taxes and spend hard earned money, red-inking budgets galore
Why bail out the banks when the stock market tanks? We’d rather spend it on war
Freedom is surely our anthem, we’ve come here to give it a voice
We love its flavor, it’s something to savor, unless you mean freedom of choice***
God gave us natural resources, hunting, it gives us a thrill
And we know that oil’s the fruit of our toil, that’s why we say “drill baby drill”
We love our guns and religion, they rank 1 and 2 on our lists
So we’ll keep on prayin’ and we’ll keep on slayin’, we’re rowdy anti-socialists***
