On January 6, as our legislators fled the insurrectionists, Senator Romney was reported to have called out, “This is what you’ve gotten, guys!”
I think that summed it up.
Those words stayed in my head, and a few weeks later, I came up with this song.
O Senator, O Senator what was it you said? This is what you get guys as you ducked your head. O Senator, O Senator what did you know? This is what you get guys when lies run the show. I woke up that morning with cheer on my mind. I went for a run, and came home to find the capitol building overrun by a mob brought by denial and a master snow job. O Senator, O Senator what was it you said? This is what you get guys as you ducked your head. O Senator, O Senator what did you know? This is what you get guys when lies run the show. As we watched the footage we checked our tears. 'Cause our children were watching and they soak up our fears. We struggled to tell them just what had gone wrong how a sitting U.S. President had ignited the throng. O Senator, O Senator what was it you said? This is what you get guys as you ducked your head. O Senator, O Senator what did you know? This is what you get guys when lies run the show. Sometimes you're on top, and sometimes you're not But don't wreck the game, 'cause you missed your shot So the country's divided, many still buy the lie Can we find common ground? Well, how 'bout we try One basic rule, when we hunger to strike accept all the facts, even ones we don't like O Senator, O Senator what was it you said? This is what you get guys as you ducked your head. O Senator, O Senator what did you know? This is what you get guys when lies run the show.
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