November 7, 2018

Pardon me for a day-after midterm election quickie.  Somewhere in the last 48 hours I saw a headline (cannot find it again) that said the midterm elections would "change America for good."  I couldn't help wondering just how wicked that phrase might turn out to be.

Upon first review, with the extremists on both sides winning, and the moderates in the middle generally not winning, I fear America is set for good for quite awhile (even with the sweeping measures to fix voting inequities across the country).  I would love to be proven wrong, but I think we will see even more (if that is possible) divisiveness over the next 2 (maybe more) years.

I give you this wicked version of "For Good:"  If you don't know the original, song with lyrics  here:

(Elephanta):
I'm limited.
Just look at me - I'm term-limited.
But I look at you.
You want to do all I wouldn't do, Glindem.
So collaboration is through,
Since both of us refuse to move.

(Glindem):
I've heard it said
That people come to power for a reason,
Bringing something we must turn
Against the others who have led.
To those who least want us to grow
We let them
And we give them the same in return.
Well, I don't know if my beliefs are true,
But I know what my job is  today,
Which is to screw you.

Like a hand pulled back
As it passes the buck,
Like the unmovable boulder
Standing in progress's way,
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I screw you,
The country's been changed for good.

(Elephanta):
It well may be that we will never meet again
In the aisle in between.
So let me say before we part
So much of me is made of what I learned from you.
You'll be with me like the knife-blade in my back.
And now whatever way our stories end,
I know you have reinforced mine
By opposing what I defend.

Like shit blown from the fan
Falling back into my face.
Like a stubborn dodo bird
In the distant past.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I screw you

(Glindem):
Because I screw you

(Both):
The country's been changed for good.

(Elephanta):
And just to foul the air
I scream righteousness
For the things you've done I blame you for.

(Glindem):
But then, I guess we know
There's blame everywhere but here.

(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore.

(Glindem):
Like a hand pulled back
As it passes the buck,
Like the unmovable boulder
Standing in progress's way,

(Elephanta):
Like shit blown from the fan
Falling back into my face.
Like a stubborn dodo bird
In the distant past.

(Both):
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe my principles
Have been made all the better.

(Glindem):
And because I screw you...

(Elephanta):
Because I screw you...

(Both):
Because I screw you...
The country's been changed for good...