Part of the Friday evening entertainment at this weekend’s “Environmental Wars” conference was California-based political satirist Roy Zimmerman, who specializes in “funny songs abot war, ignorance, and greed.” Although I don’t share all of Zimmerman’s political views, I found some of his songs to be quite funny. Despite the risk that the printed lyrics won’t capture the humor of the actual performance, I’ve selected one of his songs — “Let’s Go After the Bhuddists” — as today’s song lyric.
There’s an enemy living among us
I think you who I mean
Nobody really knows a thing about them
Not even Martin SheenThey’re a threat to our standard of living
And the cheap supply of oil
I say let’s rout their sorry asses out
Before they soil our American soilOh, let’s go after the Buddhists
Let’s knock some shaven heads
Those humanistic, non-materialistic,
Pacifistic slugabedsThey’re ego-less and nonviolent
Un-American and weird
They just sit and stare at the wall and their
God doesn’t even have a beardOh, I don’t want to say too much about it
They might be listening right now
Meet me later in the parking lot
I got the yellow El Camino with the
Bumper sticker saying,
“Isolationism — Ask Me How!”It’s a nation of freedom and tolerance
And that’s just plain dangerous
Let’s wipe out terrorism everywhere
Except, of course, where the terrorists are usOh, let’s go after the Buddhists
Let’s go rough up some monks
Those semi-mystic, anti-dualistic
Morally relativistic punksInstead of contemplating their navels
They can contemplate our naval might
Hone your epithets, grab a torch and let’s
Go find somebody to enlight…enHey, dude
You look like you’d
Have a patri-idiotic attitude
Let’s kick some Bude!Oh…mmm
Lyrics to more Zimmeman songs can be found here. Zimmerman’s home page is here.
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