Who made him president again?

3 weeks ago by @mikeskliar

Who made him president again?

mikeskliar

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Liner Notes

#political This song is based on a template by a very well known songwriter, and while I don't usually write songs that track their inspirations so closely, when I thought of how that idea could be adapted to the current political climate, I couldn't 'unsee' it, and had to do this one first. (who is that songwriter? well, he was recently portrayed by Timothee Chalamet in a movie... ) Hopefully its at least somewhat its own thing, and of course its my own new music and new lyric as well, but follows a certain pattern/recipe that some folks may know well.

As always with a political or topical song of mine, I welcome comments on the song itself, the production, performance, all of it, BUT please lets not start having long discussions about the underlying issues- this is a songwriting forum. Yes, I'd be interested in hearing 'does the song resonate with you, or maybe not' (and just about anything else about the song) but not 'well, you're wrong in verse two about x, its really y, and what about the fact that the vice-president did a or b". To the extent you feel that way, go write another song!

Recorded with vocal and acoustic guitar (Taylor), then overdubbed an electric guitar (red Telecaster) for a little extra something. Hope you enjoy! tho the subject is not exactly fun, I had fun and a great amount of catharsis about this current season writing and singing it, thats for sure!

Lyrics

I can’t understand or comprehend
Who made Trump president again?
Not me said the Republican leaders, who stood around while democracy teetered,
one impeachment is all it takes, they cared more about their tax breaks,
wanted a right-wing supreme court, who cares how many he deports,
we know he’s the devil that we installed, but you can’t blame us the Republican leaders at all

I can’t understand or comprehend
Who made Trump president again?
Not me said the democrats, don’t know what you’re looking at,
we passed the right rules and regs, but people care more ‘bout the price of eggs,
we warned of global warming effects, who knew they hate the word latin-x,
we knocked on doors, made phone calls, no you can’t blame us the Democrats at all

I can’t understand or comprehend
Who made Trump president again?
Not me said old Joe Biden, in the white house he was hidin’,
too old for a second term, then came the debate and he got burned,
handed it off to his running mate, but by then it was too late,
he hemmed and hawed, too long he stalled, no you can’t blame him at all

I can’t understand or comprehend
Who made Trump president again?
Not me said the American public, who don’t know how to keep this republic,
Some fell for an easy con, or yelled words like ‘get off my lawn’,
or sat out on the sidelines, on social media bitch and whine,
waiting for the second coming, while fascist drums kept a-drumming,
with nothing but a lack of knowledge, no idea ‘bout the electoral college,
or busy shopping at the mall, no you can’t blame the American public at all

I can’t understand or comprehend
Who made Trump president again?
Not me said NBC, who had meetings back in 2003,
said let’s get Don a reality show, it’ll be a ratings hit you know,
to make him look so wealthy & wise, tho it was all founded on lies,
they promoted that shiny beast, though all his business partners he fleeced,
the public’ll love it, we’ll have a ball, no you can’t blame NBC at all

I can’t understand or comprehend
Who made Trump president again?

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