SHUT IT ALL DOWN

Shut it all down, if you can’t have your way
Shut it all down, someone’s losing, hooray!
Lord of the Flies in a house full of lies
It may not be wise to shut it all down

So let’s all just hate each other now
Cross your fingers and take a vow
We need to hate and we don’t care how
It’s okay to bitch and it’s okay to scowl
And now that you’re rich, you’ve got more time to howl!

Let’s all just throw a tizzy now
You’re full of bull, why not have a cow?
Stir it up, let’s get busy now
Nixon and Reagan, McCarthy and Trump
If you’re down at the bottom, get ready to jump

I dish out the dirt, jerk
I cannot get hurt, jerk
As long as I subvert
As long as it can’t work
It’s a good day at work here
If nothing can work here
It’s good what gets done here
When nothing gets done here

You made me do it, I was fine before
I once outgrew it, now I’m back for more
I don’t care who threw it, let’s settle the score
I’m tired of the drugs and the pimps and the whores
And you hardly working and saying they’re yours

When I want the truth I go to the source
The 2nd Amendment and the police force
Human Rights, that’s a Trojan Horse
They say they’re like us and, “Can’t we discuss?”
But while we discuss they’re invading us!

My performance rating is for liberal baiting
While you’re negotiating, I’m invalidating
While you’re emancipating, I’m expatriating
While you’re collaborating, I’m incarcerating

The Constitution—the parts I like
Majority Rule, that ain’t lookin’ quite right
Equal rights, if you’re ladylike
I’m nobody’s fool, I’m nobody’s tool
Provided the rich can break every rule

With the best of them, I can throw a stone
With the help of God, I can bitch and moan
With the force of truth, I can drive back home
I know in my bones they deserve a lickin’
But it’s time for a Coke and some Kentucky Fried Chicken!

Shut it all down, if I can’t have my way
Shut it all down, someone’s losing, hooray!
It’s a good day at work here when nothing can work here
It’s good what is done here when nothing gets done here

I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down
Even if your shanty is underground
Even if your soul’s in the lost and found
I don’t live on the edge, but I can get edgy
Jump over the hedge, I’ll give you a wedgie!

Let’s just all just throw a tizzy now
You’re full of bull, why not have a cow?
Stir it up, let’s get busy now
Nixon and Reagan, McCarthy and Trump
If you’re down at the bottom, get ready to jump!

A Song Can Tell A Story

When words leave off, music begins.

SHUT IT ALL DOWN