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.