You’ve got Roberts, Alito, Scolia and Thomas
Kennedy joined them, and now I can promise
we’ll regret their call,
the most heinous ruling of all.
Rudolph the corporation
didn’t even have a nose.
But it could still smell money -
that’s the way our country goes.
All of the human beings
had to scrape to pay their rents
to Rudolph the corporation,
who owned all the tenaments.
Then one fateful winter’s day
Roberts came to say,
“Rudolph with your mega bucks
dress up in this brand new tux
Rudolph the corporation
"Personhood" is now your game.
Give all the politicians
reason to exalt your name.
And if the people protest
drown them out with money. See,
Rudolph the corporation
you will now own history.
Oops! I mis-spelled tenement. Can't figure out how to edit it (I'm a non-starter with HTML). Sorry about that.
ReplyDeleteI was pretty tired when I figured out this song parody. Here's an updated version. Note that the next-to-last verse has been omitted, since I mistakenly thought in my sleep-addled brain that the return to the opening included both parts of the tune. In fact only the second part is used. Hum the song as you go and you'll see what I mean.
ReplyDeleteI also fixed the misspelling, and changed a few other words here and there.
I hope this "gets it right."
donilo
You’ve got Roberts, Alito, Scolia and Thomas,
Kennedy joined them, and now I can promise
we’ll regret their call,
the most heinous ruling of all.
Rudolph the corporation
didn’t even have a nose.
But it could still smell money,
that’s the way our country goes.
All of the human beings
had to scrape to pay their rents
to Rudolph the corporation,
who owned all the tenements.
On that fateful winter’s day
Roberts came to say,
“Rudolph with your mega bucks
dress up in this brand new tux"...
Now if the people protest,
drown them out with money. See
Rudolph the corporation,
you will now own history.