PARDON ME By Tom Jensen
I just got a pardon from the president
Because I did not admit to what I knew they'd submit as evidence
And I just made a friend who will do what it takes
And be there to the end or at least until he fixes mistakes
I think we may have just set a new precedence
Since it is so clearly evident
That politics is no place for benevolence
When we can't trust the president
That means we can't trust the government
Who often sells out its residents
Giveth and taketh on false precedents
Since some just take whatever they need
With greed...what's important is the numbers on
Not the names of dead presidents
I have come to believe
Not everyone is entitled to be free
Because a handful of money is all you need
To put people in your pocket to guarantee
That when trouble comes it'll let you be
When you buy a judge
You can throw out the jury
The system's become corrupt
Manipulated through misdeeds
Someone should do something
'Cause there's a document I've seen
Saying they're vetting Ann Coulter and Satan
To run together in 2016
Just remember that
Every candidate has a rhyme
Around election time
Saying we'll do just fine
If you wave this sign
Standing on a pedestal
Waving a fake gold medal
Just rubbing on their crystal ball
Saying they've been here and there
They've seen and done it all
Only after the choice has been made
And you've dealt them the ace of spades
While thinking that politics isn't a game
And you haven't been played
But finally after all the promises have been made
You found that the scale of honesty
Has never been weighed
As they've forgotten all that they've said
Speaking this while doing that
They placed one foot on the platform
And then they fell flat
The train they boarded straight to the top
The engine failed; the track got derailed
And when the conductor was jailed
The bail they collected was never mailed
Yet every opinion they stated
Was quoted as fact
Saying that proof was in the eye
And they said it with such tact
Even though no
Evidence ever backed
But numbers can lie
Once you've developed the knack
So everyone signed on the dotted line
Without ever reading the pact
And now you're complaining
About paying so high a tax
Once you sign a deal with the Devil
There's no turning back
However, there's a new path unpaved
So it's up to me and you
We've been taught to
follow the leader
Sadly, it's true
It can't be that way anymore
Time for us to settle the score
Start pushing the stale old values aside
No more can we run and hide
The government that rules us
practically everyone is a liar
Words catching on
And now it's spreading like a fire
They've talked and talked
Talk, talk, talk 'til they're blue in the face
Just follow me and I'll show you the way
Going to Washington D.C.
Time to see the true enemy
But beware...for their twisting tongues will tell you it's me
Don't listen to them if you want to be free
Join us - every color and race
Speed up! - We've got to quicken the pace
Million man march - huh - multiply that by ten
History, we're going through it again
Do it for the homeless you meet
Do it for the children on the street
Think about the hungry, the ill, and the sick
We'll dismantle the system brick by brick
Tell it straight and don't beat around the Bush
We tried to pull now it's time to push
It's nine for them and one for us
It's their turn to sit on the back of the bus
The politicians look us right in the eyes
While their words are full of lies
So it should come as no surprise
What happens to them after they die
They care not for us only I
They tell me, "Well, just because..."
When I ask why
They say, "They learned it from their peers...
That true honesty has disappeared."
So true has come our biggest fears
There's no one left who really cares
I'm going to give each one a mirror
So they can see what we see
Then I'm going to run for president
So I can show what's evident
I will answer questions truthfully
And you can think what you want of me
I'll hide behind no mask at all
Not forced to sit I will stand tall...
I'll be myself and wear no veil
With my left hand on the bible:
"I smoked pot and I inhaled!"