Here’s to the state of richard nixon lyrics

Artist  : Phil ochs 
Song : Here’s to the state of richard nixon
 
Pre>intro: g em d

G		 em		 d
Here’s to the state of richard nixon
G			    f
For underneath his borders the devil draws no
line
G 			   f
If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you
will find
G				 f
And the fat trees of the forest have hid a
thousand crimes
G	   em	  am		   d
And the calender is lyin’ when it reads the
present time
G 	  em		c	   g
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart
of
G			em		 d	  g
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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