Meet the new boss...

"Same as the old boss?"

Pete Townsend wrote that in "Won't Get Fooled Again," only, it seems, the Obamanation is not as wised-up as Petey. Still, I remember being a young liberal (before I got a job, you see)...maybe they'll stop trying to kick the ball when Lucy's holding it... But I'm not holding my breath, so, here we go:

We'll be fighting in the streets

With our children at our feet

And the morals that they worship will be gone

And the men who spurred us on

Sit in judgement of all wrong

They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around me

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come

We knew it all along

We were liberated from the foe, that's all

And the world looks just the same

And history ain't changed'

Cause the banners, they all flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around me

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

No, no! I'll move myself and my family aside

If we happen to be left half alive

I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky

For I know that the hypnotized never lie

Do ya?

There's nothing in the street

Looks any different to me

And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye

And the parting on the left

Is now the parting on the right

And the beards have all grown longer overnight

Meet the new boss 

Same as the old boss