Jill Sobule sings at Netroots: ‘They Say They Want Our America Back’
Click here to view this media Last night at the closing keynote session for Netroots Nation, we were entertained by the fabulous singer-songwriter Jill Sobule (her official site is here ), who wrote this song especially for the convention. It’s not safe for work. But it may well become a progressive anthem for the 2012 election cycle. I met Jill briefly, and she said she’s a big C&L fan. Well, here’s back atcha, Jill. Here’s the lyric: They say we want our America back Our America back Our America back When they say we want our America back What the f–k do they mean? Remember the Garden of Eden Before Eve hung out with that snake? You could walk down the street And not worry about thieves All the kids could go trick or treating Then those foreigners started comin’ in Like those Germans in 1790 Then the Irish arrived, the potato blight The neighborhood started changing Life was better We lived right Life had a paler shade of white When they say we want our America back We want our America back Before there was Ellis Island And that statue we got from the French And that’s whore’s still alerting The strangers she’s flirting Inviting them into our beds The Guineas, the coolies, the wetbacks, the Jews The gays and the terrorists And who let in that woman looks after my kids And the one who is cleaning my nest Life was righteous Life was clean Send them back including me When they say they want our America back Our America back, our America back When they say they want our America back What the f–k does it mean? Before the gays had the agenda Before the slaves were free Before that man from Kenya Took the presidency We want our America back Our America back Our America back When they say they want our America back What the f–k do they mean?
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Jill Sobule sings at Netroots: ‘They Say They Want Our America Back’
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