New Lyrics: "Obey In Advance" (Patreon)

Original music. Long-standing disgust at our overlords.

Stephanopolus told the truth

About Donald Trump raping a woman,

But Disney folded when Donald sued

That's when we could see what was comin’.

Harris & Walz were more qualified

While Trump & Vance were just weird,

But though the MAGA guys lied and lied,

Their supporters cheered and sneered.

They followed a simple strategy, when

He wouldn't be sworn in for weeks:

Pretend that Trump was in power then,

Pretend they weren't freaks and geeks.

Obey in advance,

Bow down to Trump and Vance.

Take a cowardly stance,

Obey in advance.

Elon spent a quarter billion

To get Donald re-elected,

Mar-a-Lago hosted a cotillion

Where billionaires genuflected.

Bezos and Zuckerberg, Vivek and Koch

Are lining up at the trough,

Meanwhile, it's poor people's fault they're broke,

Turn that big public faucet off.

Deregulation’s coming slowly

And drilling, baby, drilling,

How many folks will die so oli-

Garchs can make a killing?

Obey in advance,

Put yourself into a trance,

Try not to wet your pants,

Obey in advance.

Put on your sharpest brown suit,

Mark today on your chalkboard,

Elon Musk gave a Nazi salute

And the ADL said it was awkward.

It’s Day One of the dictatorship,

That will only last one day,

And if you believe that, I’ve got some cryp-

Toe I’m trying to give away!

If you think prescriptions should be cheap,

And health care universal,

If you don't think the president should be a creep,

Get ready for the Great Reversal.

If you think government should govern,

On behalf of the common folk,

George Carlin warned you, and you're not in

The club nor in on the joke.

Education, immigration, civil rights,

A safety net for the poor,

Will the last one leaving the United States

Kill the lights and lock the door?

Obey in advance,

Obvious at a glance,

A humiliating dance,

No one even looks askance.

Obey in advance,

All is power and finance,

It would kill them to give us a chance,

Obey in advance....

Image: Tom Tomorrow, 1-20/2025