A little double of political ditties just in time for the 4th!
A perfect bitter pair of tunes on what it feels like to be an American today…
I’ve set up a
June 10, 2007 blog category so you can see the all the songs in one place. Zips available soon too…

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James Brown Died on Christmas/Improving
Words and Music by Lisa Rein
As Performed June 10, 2007
James Brown died on christmas
They found him in the morning
It came without a warning
It seems like only last december
I was looking up his police record
To settle a trivial family battle
And I don’t mean no disrespect
And I’m not saying anything at all
Cause nothing’s ever written on the wall
But I hope that he’s in a better place
In a better place
It was the first thing I heard on christmas morning
I saw it on the tele
It was a holiday of tragedy and tyranny
When only a few days later
We were hanging a dictator
As a symbol of democracy
And I’m not saying anything
Cause no one’s even listening anymore
And there’s not much I really know for sure
But I know that he’s in a better place
In a better place
(Improving starts here)
Cut off the power lines my friend
Shut off the water too
The benefits will never end
When we’re done bringing this to you
We’re just improving
improving yeah yeah yeah
improving
improving yeah yeah yeah
Kill off your family one by one
but we’ll give you some rights when we’re all done
yeah
It’s such a drag
but it’s not us!
If you can tough it out
You’ll make it.
improving
improving yeah yeah yeah
improving
improving yeah yeah yeah
improving
improving yeah yeah yeah
improving
improving yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah
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