Love Me I’m A Liberal, Take 2

with grateful apologies to Phil Ochs

I cry when I see homeless people
they make so lonely and sad
so I give them a vegan potato
and that makes me happy and glad
then I buy me triple shot caramel latte
and take it on back home to my pad

love me love me love me I’m a liberal

all of my food is organic
and also so all of my clothes
my motives are pc and wholesome
my morality smells like a rose
sometimes I’m so near to perfection
I just have to look down my nose

love me love me love me I’m a liberal

I cheered when Obama was elected
my faith in my country restored
my white blood cells were corrected
my bigotry thrown overboard
and I know that black lives matter
but not when their blocking the department stores

love me love me love me I’m a liberal

I hate 45 and his minions
I can’t even mutter his name
I’ll only vote democratic
don’t tell me they’re in the same game
don’t bother me the details
I don’t have that much room in my brain

love me love me love me I’m a liberal

(bridge)
we liberals are fair-weather fighters
we only go part of the way
we want to hold on to the gains that we’ve made
it’s the american way
if people just learned to be nicer
just learned how not to complain
then we could keep ours and they could make do
and everything would still be the same

I’ll stand up for what you believe in
when you put your life on the line
I’m not afraid of the danger
you face up to it every time
I don’t mind if my heart is bleeding
as long as the blood isn’t mine

love me love me love me I’m a liberal

I get all my news from the ether
of that wonderful n p of r
making waves without roughing the waters
that’s how my politics are
my heroes are singing celebrities
I love how they play their guitars

love me love me love me I’m a liberal

once I was young and impulsive
in the waters of struggle I’d swim
for justice and peace and equality
I wore every conceivable pin
but now I’m older and wiser
and that’s why I’m turning you in

love me love me love me I’m a liberal