I Was in chicago recently, In front of a big crowd, and gave the folks the chance to sing a song (to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic), and they went for it like it was free beer. It's time for working people to rise up and defeat The brokers and the bankers and the media elite And all the educated bums in paneled office suites And throw them in the street. People sang this with great gusto, even the swells down front in the $60 seats. They sang verses denouncing the East Coast liberal aristocracy (which rhymes with Washington, D.C.) and "Well take them out of first class and with a mighty cheer/ Well send them to the rear" and a verse about Bush and Gore ("Well make them work the night shift in a 7-Eleven store/And let them clean the toilets and let them scrub the floor") and another verse against "the media, those mighty millionaires/ Who weave their little fictions sitting on their derrieres" and the chorus, of course, about truth marching on.
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