To the tune of "Here's to the State of Mississippi," with apologies to Phil Ochs. If anyone likes this & wants to put a clip on youtube, or use it in any other way, feel free.
Here’s to the state of Richard Cheney
At his undisclosed location, he hides his files away
Stamps "top secret" on the pages, and locks them in a safe
But when you call your cousin, he alerts the NSA
It’s for him to give the orders, your job is to obey
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Richard Cheney find yourself another country to be part of.
And here’s to the laws of Richard Cheney
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
While the Constitution’s drowning in an ocean of decay
The President can torture, I’ve even heard them say
Yes corruption can be classic in the Yoo and Cheney way
Oh, here’s to land you’ve torn out the heart of
Richard Cheney find yourself another country to be part of.
And here’s to the prisons of Richard Cheney
400 men in Cuba, by a bay where no one sails
Wait in silence and in shackles, their faces growing pale
Six years without a hearing, cause the evidence might fail
But Scooter is a good boy, we can’t let him go to jail
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Richard Cheney find yourself another country to be part of.
And here’s to the people of Richard Cheney
The senators and ministers and oil CEOs
The paid-for propagandists of the Sunday morning shows,
But the worst one is the coward in the White House who although
he calls himself the President, will never tell Dick no.
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Richard Cheney find yourself another country to be part of
And here’s to the wars of Richard Cheney
When it comes to other lives, he’s never been a coward
Though Iraq’s become a graveyard, with Baghdad as its bower
And more blood stains the desert with every passing hour
Dick knows that in Iran they will welcome us with flowers
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Richard Cheney find yourself another country to be part of.