Phil Ochs Miscellaneous Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon Here's to the State of Richard Nixon Phil Ochs Written by Phil Ochs - This song is a rewrite of his earlier song "Here's to the State of Mississippi" Here's to the State of Richard Nixon For underneath his borders the devil draws the line If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will find And the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes And the calendar is lyin' when it reads the present time Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of Richard Nixon, find yourself another country to be part of And here's to the schools of Richard Nixon Where they're teachin' all the children they don't have to care All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere And every single classroom is a factory of despair Oh, there's nobody learnin' such a foreign word as "fair" Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of Richard Nixon, find yourself another country to be part of And here's to the laws of Richard Nixon Where the wars are fought in secret, Pearl Harbor every day He punishes with income tax that he don't have to pay And he's tapping his own brother just to hear what he would say But corruption can be classic in the Richard Nixon way Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of Richard Nixon find yourself another country to be part of And here's to the churches of Richard Nixon and Billy Graham Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust And the Sunday mornin' sermons pander to their lust All the fallen face of Jesus is chokin' in the dust And Heaven only knows in which God they can trust Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of Richard Nixon find yourself another country to be part of And here's to the government of Richard Nixon In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always boggin' down And criminals are posing as advisors to the crown And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sound And the speeches of the President are the ravings of a clown Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of Richard Nixon find yourself another country to be part of |
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