Love Me, I'm a Liberal
"Love Me, I'm a Liberal"
performed by Evan Greer (original lyrics by Phil Ochs)
I trade Internet jokes about Dubya,
They sure are funny to me.
But don’t even think about asking
For me to give up my new SUV.
I don’t know what you mean about oil,
I just wish that gas could be free...
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Well I’ve signed about a thousand petitions,
And my golf score is six under par.
And I keep myself up on the issues
By listening to N.P.R.,
And you know that I’m changing the world
With these stickers all over my car!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
And you know that I’m not a racist,
I've been on the side of the blacks all along.
And I always give a few extra dollars
To the young man who mows my lawn!
And I’ve never read Emma Goldman,1
But I know that she must have been wrong!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Yes I went to that pro-choice rally,
I think women should get equal pay.
But it’s sure nice that my wife cooks me dinner,2
And she puts my clean laundry away!
And maybe our country ain’t perfect,
But revolution is never the way.
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
[editor's note: these lyrics are posted at Evan's site but aren't in the live version, and too bad too-- I have a soft spot in my heart for Deanyboppers]
You know I support Gay marriage,
And I want the environment clean.
But I’m too busy at work to take action,
So I’m just voting for Howard Dean.3
I know we must work inside the system,
It’s the best one that I’ve ever seen!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Yes, I cheered when they caught Saddam,
I knew that the news wouldn’t lie,
And I'm glad that the war is now over,
Cause my 401k's on the rise!
And you know that I love my country:
Best democracy money can buy!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Oh, once I was young and impulsive,
I wore every conceivable pin.
Even went to the socialist meetings
And I learned all the old union hymns.
Ah, but I've grown older and wiser,
That's why I'm turning you in...
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal!
(play mp3)
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1 This one goes out to Kenyon.
2 And this one is for Casey.
3 And if you know me, you knew it was coming... this one goes out to the PSA.
I was too excited to get this up to wait until Sunday, so here it is a day early. I came across this song, a remake of my very favorite song ever written, quite by accident this week while searching for New England artists to bring to a concert organized by friends at the Maine Peace Action Committee and the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine. A lot of my new friends in PA are fairly confused when they hear me picking on liberals and liberalism when they know that I'm somewhere to the left of center. This song is partly for them, to give them an introduction to where I'm coming from. It is also partly for my longtime friends and fellow activists who don't know this song (or at least this version) because I know it will put a smile on your faces. Last but not least, this song goes out to all the liberals-- even the ones I love-- because you need to hear it.
One People,
One Struggle,
Isaac
performed by Evan Greer (original lyrics by Phil Ochs)
I trade Internet jokes about Dubya,
They sure are funny to me.
But don’t even think about asking
For me to give up my new SUV.
I don’t know what you mean about oil,
I just wish that gas could be free...
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Well I’ve signed about a thousand petitions,
And my golf score is six under par.
And I keep myself up on the issues
By listening to N.P.R.,
And you know that I’m changing the world
With these stickers all over my car!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
And you know that I’m not a racist,
I've been on the side of the blacks all along.
And I always give a few extra dollars
To the young man who mows my lawn!
And I’ve never read Emma Goldman,1
But I know that she must have been wrong!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Yes I went to that pro-choice rally,
I think women should get equal pay.
But it’s sure nice that my wife cooks me dinner,2
And she puts my clean laundry away!
And maybe our country ain’t perfect,
But revolution is never the way.
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
[editor's note: these lyrics are posted at Evan's site but aren't in the live version, and too bad too-- I have a soft spot in my heart for Deanyboppers]
You know I support Gay marriage,
And I want the environment clean.
But I’m too busy at work to take action,
So I’m just voting for Howard Dean.3
I know we must work inside the system,
It’s the best one that I’ve ever seen!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Yes, I cheered when they caught Saddam,
I knew that the news wouldn’t lie,
And I'm glad that the war is now over,
Cause my 401k's on the rise!
And you know that I love my country:
Best democracy money can buy!
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal!
Oh, once I was young and impulsive,
I wore every conceivable pin.
Even went to the socialist meetings
And I learned all the old union hymns.
Ah, but I've grown older and wiser,
That's why I'm turning you in...
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal!
(play mp3)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 This one goes out to Kenyon.
2 And this one is for Casey.
3 And if you know me, you knew it was coming... this one goes out to the PSA.
I was too excited to get this up to wait until Sunday, so here it is a day early. I came across this song, a remake of my very favorite song ever written, quite by accident this week while searching for New England artists to bring to a concert organized by friends at the Maine Peace Action Committee and the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine. A lot of my new friends in PA are fairly confused when they hear me picking on liberals and liberalism when they know that I'm somewhere to the left of center. This song is partly for them, to give them an introduction to where I'm coming from. It is also partly for my longtime friends and fellow activists who don't know this song (or at least this version) because I know it will put a smile on your faces. Last but not least, this song goes out to all the liberals-- even the ones I love-- because you need to hear it.
One People,
One Struggle,
Isaac
posted by Isaac at 1:20 PM
7 Comments:
I used to find internet jokes about Dubya funny until I saw the bigger picture.
I mean, if Dems truly opposed Reps, don't you think that just one of them would have raised questions about Bush's incriminating 9/11 witness statements???
Wake up, America! The whole Dem-Rep thing is fake, false, bogus. A divisive distractive diversion from the ongoing covert domestic subversion of our Constitution, may it not R.I.P.!
Rep and Dem congresscritters are all equally guilty of having failed to uphold their oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
You know the saying to damn with faint praise?
Well with fake opponents like Nancy Pelosi, who tells us that the Bush administration is among the worst in U.S. history, Bush doesn't need friends. What Congresscritter Pelosi does is for Bush is to praise with faint damns!
And why would the Dems keep this covered up?
Simple: consider that Prescott Bush could never have been elected to the U.S. Senate after having had his companies taken away from him during WW II under the Trading With The Enemy Act unless Dems had kept his dirtiest darkest secret for him and from We The People.
IOW, this fake opposition crap has been going on (and fooling most of the people) for more than 50 years!!!
Here is a funnier, better update of the song:
http://antiprotester.blogspot.com/2006/03/updating-love-me-im-liberal.html
actually ... can't we thank Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity for demonizing the word "liberal"? Why do we let those who pretend to represent the underpowered be called "liberals" anyway? Shouldn't people who deserve that title be called liberals?
lib‧er‧al [lib-er-uhl, lib-ruhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
2. (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.
3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.
4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.
6. of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.
7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.
8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
9. characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor.
10. given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation.
11. not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule.
Actually, the use of "liberal" as a pejorative is older than Limbaugh and Hannity: just offhand I can think of examples from the Nixon administration. Martha Mitchell, the Attorney General's wife, used "radical liberals" as an insult for the Nixon gang's political opponents, and I'm sure it's older than that.
And as the original version of this song reminds us, it wasn't only the Right who didn't see liberals as the godlike champions of social justice they thought themselves to be. African-Americans have been using "liberal" with the same connotations this song does for a very long time: I read a collection of Langston Hughes's Simple stories from the 1940s which showed black folks viewing white liberals with healthy skepticism.
The best version of this song is on the album "Prairie Home Invasion" by Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon.
Either that or the Phil Ochs original...
Thank you pinheadx for stating the "obvious" to those that don't really get it. Please observe how Jello was able to keep the integrity of the piece, yet reflect the times. Then go back an study Phil Ochs' version. You'll see what I'm saying.
Love Me I'm a Liberal
I cried when they shot John Lennon
Tears ran down my spine
And I cried when I saw "JFK"
As if I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcom-X and Ice-T had it coming
They got what they asked for this time
Chorus:
So love me, love me, love me,
I'm a liberal
I go to pro-choice rallies
Recycle my cans and jars
I'll honk if you love the Dead
Hope those funny Grunge bands become stars
But don't talk about revolution
That's going a little bit to far
Chorus:
So love me, love me, love me,
I'm a liberal
I cheered when Clinton was chosen
My faith in the system reborn
I'll do anything to save our schools
If my taxes aint too much more
And I love Blacks and Gays and Latinos
As long as they don't move next door
Chorus:
So love me, love me, love me,
I'm a liberal
Rush Limbaugh and the L.A.P.D.
Should all hang thier heads in shame
I can't understand where they're at
Arsenio should set them straight
But if neighborhood watch doesn't know you
I hope the cops take your name
Chorus:
So love me, love me, love me,
I'm a liberal
Yeah, I read the New Republican
Rolling Stone and Mother Jones too
If I vote it's a democrat
With a sensible economy view
But when it comes to terrorist Arabs
There is no one more red, white, and blue
Chorus:
So love me, love me, love me,
I'm a liberal
Once I was young and had an attitude
Stickers covered the car I drove in
Even went on some direct actions
When there weren't rent-a-cops to be seen
Ah, but now I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
Chorus:
So love me, love me, love me,
I'm a liberal
This is way better if you ask me.
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