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Ode to Election 2004

+Hello Red state, Hello Blue state (A Letter From Camp, by Young Dave with fond acknowledgment to Allan Sherman)

Hello Red state, hello Blue state,
Some feel just fine, some don’t feel great.
Some own small caps, some own hi-tech,
One is making all-time highs and one’s a train wreck.
Some went voting for John Kerry.
‘Bout the future, they did worry.
Others voted for George Dubya.
Claiming he had been anointed from above, yeah.

Stem cell pros hate soccer mothers,
And the rest just hate the others.
We can’t seem to find a middle,
Where is Nero now? We need someone to fiddle.

The fear-mongers want to scare ya,
Does Al-Qaeda have malaria?
Is there someone stout and hardy.
With the stones to organize a new third party?

Where’s your dough, oh Red state, Blue state?
Where’s your dough? Division I hate,
Is it caused by the stock market, where
For some, it’s really been a bear?
Where’s your dough? Invested in the hot small caps?
Or hi-techs that have taken craps?
Has your wealth slipped away?
What’s happened with your 4-0-1-k?

Blue state dearest, Red state honey,
Does it just come down to money?
All your values, would you miss them?
If your broker’s brilliance made you want to kiss him?
Wait a minute, who are they hailing?
Not snowboarding, he’s not sailing.
Action hero, is that better?
Red state, Blue state, would you go for Schwarzenegger?!