Randy Newman - A Few Words lyrics
rate meI'd like to say a few words<br />
In defense of our country<br />
Whose people aren't bad nor are they mean<br />
Now the leaders we have<br />
While they're the worst that we've had<br />
Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen<br />
<br />
Let's turn history's pages, shall we?<br />
<br />
Take the Caesars for example<br />
Why within the first few of them<br />
They were sleeping with their sister<br />
Stashing little boys in swimming pools<br />
And burning down the City<br />
And one of 'em, one of 'em<br />
Appointed his own horse Consul of the Empire<br />
That's like vice president or something<br />
<br />
That's not a very good example, is it?<br />
<br />
But wait, here's one, the Spanish Inquisition<br />
They put people in a terrible position<br />
I don't even like to think about it<br />
<br />
Well, sometimes I like to think about it<br />
<br />
Just a few words in defense of our country<br />
Whose time at the top<br />
Could be coming to an end<br />
Now we don't want their love<br />
And respect at this point<br />
Is pretty much out of the question<br />
But in times like these<br />
We sure could use a friend<br />
<br />
Hitler. Stalin.<br />
Men who need no introduction<br />
<br />
King Leopold of Belgium. That's right.<br />
Everyone thinks he's so great<br />
Well he owned The Congo<br />
He tore it up too<br />
He took the diamonds, he took the gold<br />
He took the silver<br />
Know what he left them with?<br />
<br />
Malaria<br />
<br />
A President once said, <br />
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"<br />
Now it seems like we're supposed to be afraid<br />
It's patriotic in fact and color coded<br />
And what are we supposed to be afraid of?<br />
Why, of being afraid<br />
That's what terror means, doesn't it?<br />
That's what it used to mean<br />
<br />
[To the first eight bars of<br />
"Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean"]<br />
<br />
You know it pisses me off a little<br />
That this Supreme Court is gonna outlive me<br />
A couple of young Italian fellas<br />
And a brother on the Court now too<br />
But I defy you, anywhere in the world<br />
To find me two Italians as tightass<br />
As the two Italians we got<br />
<br />
And as for the brother<br />
Well, Pluto's not a planet anymore either<br />
<br />
The end of an empire is messy at best<br />
And this empire is ending<br />
Like all the rest<br />
Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea<br />
We're adrift in the land of the brave<br />
And the home of the free<br />
<br />
Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.</
