Oct 12 2013
This Land Ain’t Our Land, Not Anymore
Obama’s Shutdown Theater deserves a theme song. And I think I have just the one [an adaptation of Woodie Guthrie’s This Land Is Our Land]:
This land is O’s land, this land’s NOT OUR land
From California, to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters
This land’s now run by Barack Obama.
As I was walking, that ribbon of highway
I saw all around me, signs crying “stay away!”
I saw below me, endless walled-off valleys
This land’s now run by Barack Obama.
Went to roam and ramble, but was forced to divert
Barry-caded sparkling sands, of diamond deserts
While all around me, a voice was sounding
This land’s now run by Barack Obama.
When the sun came shining, I was suddenly hounded
Along the highways, the Park Service surrounded
A voice was chanting, As the sunlight dimmed,
This land’s now run by Barack Obama.
This land is HIS land, no longer our land
From World War Monuments, to Private Businesses
From the Grandest Canyons, to the Florida Waters
This land no longer seems the same.
– AJStrata
[Bookworm has ironic back story to the song and its author]
Update: Sad proof that this new version of the song is very true.
[…] approach to American land — i.e., “This land belongs to me, not you” — and decided to revamp Woody Guthrie’s famous “This land is your land” a bit. I think he did a great job. More than that, though, he exposed a beautiful […]
[…] approach to American land — i.e., “This land belongs to me, not you” — and decided to revamp Woody Guthrie’s famous “This land is your land” a bit. I think he did a great job. More than that, though, he exposed a beautiful […]