Reply #8: 'Ollie Ollie Off Scot Free'

[Oeditpus Rex]

Ready or not, here he comes!

Who's standing over in the corner on his head
Right where his President deserted him for dead
Who is the martyr who sports a purple heart or two
It's Ollie Ollie off scot free

And who is the ham they couldn't ever get to squeal
Who's the banana overturned upon appeal
Who's that a-sloshing across the river to Washington
It's Ollie Ollie off scot free

Who played hide and seek for a decade and a week
Who thinks the White House Press Corps should never take a leak
The pride of the Annapolis alums
Ready or not, here he comes!

Who had an army of his very own to train
Who knows the market price for lobster and cocaine
Who could be fairer to international terrorists
Than Ollie Ollie off scot free

And who was the idol of the Nicaraguan youth
And who's got a funny little gap between his truth
Who learned to be dumb, and call himself a Freedom Fighter
Ollie Ollie off scot free

You may recall Ollie up against the wall
Squaring his chin and bearing his grin and kicking 'em in the cabal
And later on, contradicting George and Ron
Derring his do, preparing his coup and swearing they knew it was on

...Left, left, right, left...
Well, I don't know, but I been told
William Casey's trail is cold
Am I right or wrong? (Far right!)
Am I right or wrong? (Far right!)

Who says it's people like himself he represents
Who says, "They never found a shred of evidence!"
Who talks like Barney and makes his home in Narnia
It's Ollie Ollie off scot free

Who played hide and seek for a decade and a week
Who thinks the White House Press Corps should never take a leak
The pride of the Annapolis alums
Ready or not, here he comes!

Who's in position, packed and poised to take the hill
Whose picture's on the 35 million dollar bill
Who's got the jacket deflecting all the flack, it must be
Ollie Ollie off scot free

Who's earned his diploma
And by the way, who's homophobic
Ollie Ollie off scot free



Words and music by Roy Zimmerman
© 1994 Watunes (BMI)
(From "Sing it Loud." Re-recorded for "Folk Heroes")