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THE IMPEACHMENT RAG 

He’ll tell you a lie, then he’ll tell it again. 
If you buy that, he’ll tell you ten. 
He’s bigger than OJ and OJ got off. 
Trumpers just turn their heads and cough. 
List of crimes is long. 
Case for impeachment is strong. 
He’s got a Senate jury and they’re mostly all white. 
He’s got a Senate jury and they’re mostly far right. 
He purses his lips, swivels his hips, 
not light on his feet, but quick with a tweet. 
He hates Kaepernick and loves dictators. 
He’s already one of the great red-baiters 
even though he’s in the pocket 
of the KGB 
in the pocket 
of Erdogan Putin and Kim 
Erdogan Putin and Kim.

 A scam a hoax a real disgrace, he made a perfect call.
 Seal the border and seal your mind, he builds his perfect wall. 
Lies and smears and bigotry and hate, this election’s in the bag. 
Witch hunt scum never-Trumper, doin’ the impeachment rag. 

Keeps getting worse, how far can he go? 
Emoluments and quid pro quo: 
Latin 
for I want you to do me a favor though. 
Like a rock star he controls the crowd. 
He throws them meat and they howl out loud. 
To fight his fears he tosses his smears 
and each one describes him: 
corrupt 
lying 
unconstitutional 
vindictive 
preposterous 
dangerous 
hates the Constitution 
hates America 
CRAZY! 
They’re putting lead in our babies’ heads. 
White boys shoot up crowds. 
Police shoot holes in our clouds. 
White boys shoot up schools. 
Rich men break all the rules. 
Trump takes us all for fools. 
Everything he does is about the Benjamins, 
rapes the earth to help his friendjamins.
A scam a hoax a real disgrace, he made a perfect call. 
Seal the border and seal your mind, he builds his perfect wall. 
Lies and smears and bigotry and hate, this election’s in the bag. 
Witch hunt scum never-Trumper, doin’ the impeachment rag. 

Elections are coming and the jury is us. 
We’ll nullify the Senate plus 
we’re tired of this white wing 
uptight wing 
night wing 
right wing 
Republican 
bullshit. 
Jim Jordan lies like the president 
protecting America 
like he protected Ohio State’s athletes. 
It’s never rape 
if it’s rich white men 
(like Strauss) 
(like Epstein) 
(like Trump). 
Trump is the rump and we’ve got to kick it. 
America’s bad side isn’t the ticket to good 
forget great 
especially if your currency is creating hate. 

Truth respect tolerance and love, everyone’s welcome on this bus. 
Equal justice and equal rights, next time the jury is us. 
Elections are coming and the jury is us. 
Elections are coming and the jury is us. 

This stuff is nothing new. 
We know he doesn’t like you 
and he doesn’t like me 
and we’re never gonna make him see. 
He and his psycho sycophants 
can go off on their twitter rants 
evil in so many ways 
they denigrate and hector 
and bring up Stalin’s spectre. 
We know he doesn’t want us 
but this is our home 
and he’s just a garden gnome. 
Trump is the rump and we’ve got to kick it. 
Lump his rump with his mouth 
the dump he pumps from it. 

Truth respect tolerance and love, everyone’s welcome on this bus. 
Equal justice and equal rights, next time the jury is us. 
                                        Elections are coming and the jury is us. 
                                        Elections are coming and the jury is us. 
During the Revolution 
conservatives were Tories. 
Not patriots, they had different mores. 
They’d still rather have a king. 
A Trump monarchy’s just the thing 
to keep the poor in their place 
not to mention workers. 
They say he was chosen 
but the people he’s hosin’. 
He thinks he’s golden. 
He’s a factless freak 
making America weak. 
Trump is the rump and we’ve got to kick it 
and all the rumps for Trump 
in the House 
and the Senate. 
Got to dump Trump and all the Trumpettes 
‘cause Trump is the rump and we’ve got to kick it. 

Truth respect tolerance and love, everyone’s welcome on this bus. 
Equal justice and equal rights, next time the jury is us. 
                                        Elections are coming and the jury is us. 
                                        Elections are coming and the jury is us. 

Elections are coming and the jury is us. 

© 2020 Michael Vander Does 

Michael Vander Does - trombone, poetry 
Roger Hines - bass 
Roger Myers - drums 
Brett Burleson - guitar 

Greg Ward - producer, mixing engineer 
Jon Fintel - recording engineer 

Recorded at Relay Recording, Columbus, OH. 
Additional recording at Gwardio, Columbus, OH.