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.

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  2. […] 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 […]