American Pie (song) - Lyrics - rewritten: The Day Democracy Died

[Proud2BaLiberalMom]

A long, long time ago,
I can still remember
How that freedom used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my way,
Then I could make some people say
Well, we had freedom for a while

But January made me shiver,
With every vote the dem’s delivered
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I remember that I cried
When we lost, even though we tried
But something hurt me deep inside
The day Democracy died

*Chorus*

So bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died

Did you write the book of shame
And do you know that you’re to blame
If the Constitution tells you so?
Now, do you believe what our Forefather’s said?
Can our country be morally dead?
And can you teach us how to hide real low?

Well, we know that you’re in bed with Bush
‘Cause we saw you kissin’ him on his tush
You both kicked Uncle Sam
Man, I’ll keep doin’ what I can

I was a lonely teenage fightin’ back
With a petition and a pen of black
But I knew that I was out of luck
When I found out about you smucks
The day Democracy died

I started singing
Bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died

Now for ten years we’ve been on our own,
And fascism grows fast on a Nazi Stone
But that’s not how it used to be
When we didn’t have a King and Queen
In a Constitutional democracy
In a voice that came from you and me

And while the King was looking down,
Alito gave him a stupid crown
The Senate was adjourned
The worst verdict was returned

And while Lennon read a book on Marx,
The traitors practiced for the lark
And then tricked us in the dark
The day Democracy died

We were singing
Bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died

Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
Robert Byrd flew off to a fall out shelter
Eight years later and falling fast
We knew Democracy wouldn’t last
The Supreme Court gave him a forward pass
With a soldier on the sidelines in a cast

Now, the halftime air was a stench, we knew
While The Sargeants played along with the coup
We all got up to move
Oh, but we never were never allowed to
‘Cause the ruler tried to take the world
The marching left marched once more
Do you recall what was said on the floor?
The day Democracy died?

We started singing
Bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died

Oh, and there we were all in one camp
A generation living under a fascist man
With no will left to fight again
So come on George was nimble,
George was quick,
George Bush sat on Cheney’s d*ck
Because fire is the devil’s only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day Democracy died

He was singing
Bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news...
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd seen Democracy years before
But the man there said our rights were no more

And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets fumed
But not a word was spoken
All the promised were broken

And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day Democracy died

And they were singing
Bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died
This was the day Democracy died

They were singin'
Bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died.....

[tridim]

1. That's good, but Democracy died right after the sElection of 2000

[Proud2BaLiberalMom]

2. I know...

I just had to do something with my time
after such a bad day.:-(

[Synnical]

4. That was my thought, too

But thanks for the effort.

[Joey Liberal]

3. Damn good!

What a woman Proud2BaLiberalMom is!

[Proud2BaLiberalMom]

5. Thanks

:-)