DU tribute to Tom "the hammer" DeLay: a going away song.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

would anyone like to buy a slightly used hammer?

If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening ... all over this land,
I'd hammer out bribes
I'd hammer out a plea bargain
I'd hammer out cash between all of my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.

If I had a bell
I'd ring it in the morning
I'd ring it in the evening ... all over this land,
I'd ring out the Natives
I'd ring out all their cash
I'd ring a dinner bell for all my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.

If I had a song
I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening ... all over this world,
I'd sing like a bird in court
I'd sing out like a squealing pig
I'd sing out woes for all of my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.

If I was the hammer
And I had his bell
I'd squeal like him with a song to sing ... all over this land,
The Hammer's getting justice
It's a bell of jail time
It's a song about cash between all his brothers and my sisters
All over this land.

[Greeby]

1. Jon Stewart:

"You know what's interesting, if Tom Delay actually had a hammer, he'd bludgeon Pete Seeger to death" :evilgrin:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. that's a good one greeby

and thanks for that first comment

[snowbear]

2. Very good!

~ ~ ~

Did anyone just catch the clip they just showed of Delay on CNN? He was walking down the hallway to his office and he was getting a round of applause from a BUTTLOAD of people.

He had a big shit-eating grin on his nasty mug that looked like this:

They were applauding the criminal like he was a rock star!

[VaYallaDawg]

3. Thanks JG - very good!

Now, of course, I'm condemned to hearing that tune in my head for the rest of the afternoon.

It's worth it though.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. Here ya go... I'll give you a catchier tune, kinda like the BEATLES

You say cash, I say no
You say bribes and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and jail says hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
as jail says hello
you hoe you hoe
I don't know why you say goodbye
jail says hello

I know bush is high, you say he's low
You say why, and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and jail says hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
as jail says hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
jail says hello

Why, why, why, why, why, why
Do you say good bye
Goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye

Oh, no
You say goodbye, new boyfriends say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
when jail says hello
hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello
Hello

Hela, hell in jail-a hela, hell in jail-a

[VaYallaDawg]

5. Outstanding!

:yourock:


Literally!!!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. did you say rock? Here's some early Stones by Mrianne Faithfull

sung to the tune AS TEARS GO BY

It is the ending of their pay,
I sit and watch the congress play.
Smiling faces gone I see
But not for me,
I sit and watch the damn crooks cry.

Your riches can't buy everything,
I want to hear more big crooks sing.
All I hear is the sound
Of the Hammer hit the ground,
I sit and watch as damn crooks cry.

It is the ending of their pay,
I sit and watch the congress play.
Doing things they shouldn't do
They think are new,
I sit and watch as tears go by.

[saltpoint]

14. Jefferson's Ghost, are you sure you're not a bigtime wheeler-dealer

in the music industry?

Your posts have brought back a lot of good memories of a lot of fine music these days.

I like the Simon & Garfunkel posts myself.

This one's great. But I'm an S&G fan from way the hell back there.

[wicket]

7. PERFECT!!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

:rofl: :rofl:

:kick:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. oh you like early stones? Since it happened on TUESDAY how about this?

He would never say where it came from
Yesterday don’t matter since it’s gone
While we had Delay
We all got to play
Now no one knows
Where a kick-back goes

Goodbye, hidden news-day
Who could hang a charge on you?
When you change your story every new day
Still we're gonna miss you...

Don’t question why we used to get stuff free
He’ll tell you it’s the only way to be
DeLay just can’t be pained
To tell you how it's gained
And now he's lost
At such a cost

There’s no time to lose, I heard him say
Stash that cash before it slips away
Lying all the time
Lose your wealth
And you will lose your mind.
Ain’t life unkind?

Goodbye, hidden news-day
Who could hang a charge on you?
When you change your story every new day
Still I’m gonna miss you...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. LOL!!! I just read a DU thread that said the DeLay celebration has to end

Jeez we've only been celebrating for a few hours! The poster said "sorry but it had to end sometime."

I say,

NOT YET!

[guinivere]

11. Why would they say that?

We have waited quite awhile for this, party on...

:toast:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. Let me buy you a round Lady guinivere

Here's an easy drinking song!
NINETY-NINE REPUBLICAN CROOKS IN THE JAIL
NINETY-NINE REPUBLICAN CROOKS
TAKE ON DOWN PASS HIM AROUND
NINETY-EIGHT REPUBLICAN CROOKS IN THE JAIL
ETC.

[saltpoint]

13. Gotta say, I get the DISTINCT impression that no one on DU will

be missing Tom DeLay in the next congress.

It's just a hunch, you understand.