BALLAD OF THE SWIFT BOAT VETS (apologies to Barry Sadler?)

[nostamj]

THE BALLAD OF THE SWIFT BOAT VETS (with apologies–i guess–to Barry Sadler)

LYING TRAITORS FILL THE AIR
FOR THE TRUTH, THEY DO NOT CARE
WATCH THEM SMEAR, WITHOUT REGRETS
THOSE FEW FOOLS, CALLED THE SWIFT BOAT VETS

Chorus:
FILLED WITH LIES, THEY BEAT THEIR CHESTS
MAD WITH RAGE OVER BRAVE PROTESTS
THEY WORK FOR BUSH WITH THEIR VAGUE THREATS
THESE FEW FOOLS, CALLED THE SWIFT BOAT VETS

TRAINED BY ROVE TO MINE HIS THEMES
TRAINED IN VICIOUS, MINDLESS MEMES
MEN WHO SPEW THEIR FALSE VIGNETTES
PROUD TO BE SLIMMING SWIFT BOAT VETS

Chorus:
FILLED WITH LIES, THEY BEAT THEIR CHESTS
MAD WITH RAGE OVER BRAVE PROTESTS
THEY WORK FOR BUSH WITH THEIR VAGUE THREATS
THESE FEW FOOLS, CALLED THE SWIFT BOAT VETS

HERE AT HOME, THE YOUNG WIVES WAIT
WILL THEIR BRAVE MEN, FACE THE SAME FATE?
BUSH WILL USE THEIR SACRIFICE
NEVER KNOWING HOW DEAR THE PRICE

YOUR SILVER WINGS ARE A SICK FRAUD
YOUR LYING ADS SHOULD BE OUTLAWED
YOU'LL BE EXPOSED, I'LL WIN MY BETS
NOTHING LOWER, THAN THE SWIFT BOAT VETS.

Chorus:
FILLED WITH LIES, THEY BEAT THEIR CHESTS
MAD WITH RAGE OVER BRAVE PROTESTS
THEY WORK FOR BUSH WITH THEIR VAGUE THREATS
THESE FEW FOOLS, CALLED THE SWIFT BOAT VETS

on edit: BOAT not VOTE... argghhhh...

[nostamj]

1. better subject line n/t

[gratuitous]

2. And a salient point for today's military

What will the Chickenhawks and their Republican tools be saying about you and your service in 30 years?

[nostamj]

3. thanks for noticing!

spent most of the time on the "put silver wings on my son's chest" section....

[gratuitous]

4. You never know when the panel might be back

They're a fickle bunch.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. I remember back in '66 or so, one of my dorm mates

did a version of this song, the only portion of which I can remember is
"Put silver wings on my son's head;
Make him one of America's dead..."

[nostamj]

6. my lovely but crazy maternal grandma had the same single

GOD how I hated it! but, had to sit and smile....

[dflprincess]

7. This is great.

I had to move my laptop so I could stand up and applaud. I wish I was this clever.

[kodi]

8. "Ballad of the Tanqueray " as sung by his TANG drinking buddies

Having read of John Kerry’s old shipmates campaigning for him, I expect George Bush to follow suit with his old drinking buddies from the Texas Air National Guard.

In case of such an event, I have written an appropriate song for their rallies.

Ballad of the Tanqueray (sung to the music of Ballard of the Green Berets)

Drunken men who swill rye,
Puke on their shoes and hope to die,
Men who slur just what they say,
The drunken men of the Tanqueray

Chorus

Silver beer tabs on their chest,
They drank Bud, America’s best,
Twenty beers George drank a day.
And washed it down with Tanqueray

Trained to drive while drinking beer,
He nearly hit a lot of deer
George who smashed dad’s car at night,
Then got in a great big fight


Back at home his Laura waits,
Worries if George met his fate,
Has he crashed the car again,
All because he’s drinking gin


Silver beer tabs on his chest,
He’s passed out, and needing rest,
A 100 beers he’s had today,
But only 3 shots of Tanqueray.

[nostamj]

9. interesting take

I wanted to use it to slam the SBLiars.

any other takes?

[kodi]

10. ridicule, more corrosive than acid

.

[nostamj]

11. yes, I have a stockpile of WMDs...

"Words of Mockery and Derision"!

[NJmaverick]

12. kick

kick

[Octafish]

13. Bravo, nostamj!

Yours is a political AND musical AND literary talent of the first order. I stand and applaud!

[nostamj]

14. yikes!

thanks.

now, if only SOMEONE would PAY me for this stuff............