Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Parody: See the Liberals here in Madison

See the Liberals here in Madison

See the Liberals here in Madison,
See the Progressives down on State Street,
See the Liberals here in Madison,
And they all look just the same.
There's a tall one and a short one,
And a white one and a black one,
And a gay one and a straight one,
And they all look just the same.

And the boys all wear pony tails,
And the girls all have tattoos,
And they all are nonconformists,
And they all look just the same.
And they all went to UW,
And majored in the liberal arts,
And they all are deep thinkers,
And they all think just the same.

And they all read the Cap Times,
And they all read the Isthmus,
And they all talk about it,
And they all sound just the same.
And they're Social Justice Warriors,
And they're all brave revolutionaries,
And they all want safe spaces,
For different views scare them all the same.

And they all are for diversity,
And they all are for tolerance,
And they all hate conservatives,
And those who disagree just the same.
And they're all ignorant of economics,
And they're all ignorant of history,
And they're ignorant of the Constitution,
But they all know what's right just the same.

And they all vote Progressive Dane
And they all vote Straight Democrat,
And they all love Bernie Sanders,
And they all vote just the same.
And they all are open-minded,
And they all love peace and people,
And they all love all cultures,
But hate Christian Rednecks just the same.

See the Liberals here in Madison,
See the Progressives down on State Street,
See the Liberals here in Madison,
And they all are just the same.
            Robert A. Hall
            Tune: "Little Boxes"

3 comments:

  1. "Little Boxes: It was not written by Woody Guthrie, but a little old lady named Malvina Reynolds back in the early folkie days of the '60's, before that crowd morphed in foul long-haired hippies

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  2. Yes. The parody I took it from, "See the Beatniks in the village" credited Woody, but I am told he didn't write that either. Maybe he sang it. Sorry I got bad info. ~Bob

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  3. Bob, I love this! Please change the "their" to "they're" in the fourth stanza (or whatever that's called).

    Margy (the grammar maven)

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