A Few Words in Defense of Our Country (Live) 歌詞
A Few Words in Defense of Our Country (Live) - Randy Newman
I'd like to say a few words in defense of our country
Whose people aren't bad nor are they mean
Now the leaders we have
While they're the worst that we've had
Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen
It's teens to page the shawa
Take the Caesars for example
Why with the first few of them
They were sleeping with their sister
Stashed little boys in swimming pools
And burned down the city
And one of 'em one of 'em
Appointed his own horse to be Counsel of the Empire
That's like vice president or something
No wait a minute that's not a very good example
Here's one Spanish Inquisition
Put people in a terrible position
I don't even like to think about it
Sometimes I like to think about it
Just a few words in defense of our country
Whose time at the top could be coming to an end
We don't want your love
Respect at this point's pretty much out of the question
Times like these we sure could use a friend
Hitler Stalin men who need no introduction
King Leopold of Belgium that's right
Everyone thinks he's so great
Well he owned the Congo he tore it up too
Took the diamond took the silver took the gold
Know he left 'em with Malaria
A president once said
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Now we're supposed to be afraid
It's patriotic in fact color-coded
What we supposed to be afraid of
Why of being afraid
That's what terror means doesn't it
That's what it used to mean
You know it pisses me off a little
That this Supreme Court's gonna outlive me
Couple young Italian fellas
And a brother on the Court now too
But I defy you defy me anywhere in the world
Two Italians as tight asses
As the two Italians we got
And as for the brother
Well Pluto's not a planet anymore either
The end of an empire is messy at best
This empire's ending like all the rest
Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea
We're adrift in the land of the brave
And the home of the free
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye