Jill Sobule sings 'They Say They Want Our America Back' at Netroots Nation 2011

[onehandle]

Run time: 04:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4TLRVeRgIo   Posted on YouTube: June 20, 2011 By YouTube Member: NetrootsNationVideo Views on YouTube: 13   Posted on DU: June 20, 2011 By DU Member: onehandle Views on DU: 1727

 
I've always loved her.*
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They say we want our America back
Our America back
Our America back
When they say we want our America back
What the f--k do they mean?

Remember the Garden of Eden
Before Eve hung out with that snake?
You could walk down the street
And not worry about thieves
All the kids could go trick or treating

Then those foreigners started comin' in
Like those Germans in 1790
Then the Irish arrived, the potato blight
The neighborhood started changing

Life was better
We lived right
Life had a paler shade of white
When they say we want our America back
We want our America back

Before there was Ellis Island
And that statue we got from the French
And that's whore's still alerting
The strangers she's flirting
Inviting them into our beds

The Guineas, the coolies, the wetbacks, the Jews
The gays and the terrorists
And who let in that woman looks after my kids
And the one who is cleaning my nest

Life was righteous
Life was clean
Send them back including me
When they say they want our America back
Our America back, our America back
When they say they want our America back
What the f--k does it mean?

Before the gays had the agenda
Before the slaves were free
Before that man from Kenya
Took the presidency

We want our America back
Our America back
Our America back
When they say they want our America back
What the f--k do they mean?
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Also from C&L (different angle of video, you can hear audience reaction better):
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/jill-sobule-sings-netroots-they-sa-0



*Katy Perry sucks!

[dotymed]

1. I don't "get out" like I should.

It is great to see that real Folk Music is still being made by the Folks.

Thanks.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

2. I'd love to hear the teabaggers' response to this

probably be some foaming at the mouth raging accusations of "socialist! marxist! Hippy commie fucking bitch!"

Actually I'm picturing them using a different word than 'bitch', but I know there are some way-out-there feminist types who will flag me even for speculating that a teabagger would use it...

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