Heres To The State Of Richard Nixon Lyrics - Phil Ochs

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 Here's to the State of Richard Nixon
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   For underneath his borders the devil draws no line
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 If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will find
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 And the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes
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 And the calender is lyin' when it reads the present time
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 Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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 Richard Nixon find yourself another country to be part of
 
 And here's to the schools Richard Nixon
 Where they're teaching 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 as 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 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 here 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 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 Richard Nixon
 In the swamp of their bureaucracy their 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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