Randy Newman

Randy Newman - A Few Words lyrics

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I'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 />

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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.</

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