“Another Crack in the Wall”

Song of the George W. Bush Administration; sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall”

We don’t need no Constitution
We don’t need due-process laws
We already know who’s guilty
Ask us how, we say, “Because … ”
Hey! Judges! Leave our trials alone!
All in all, it’s just another crack in the wall.

We don’t need no separation
Church and state, they should be one.
America’s a Christian nation
Or else the terrorists have won.
Hey! Judges! Leave that cross alone!
All in all, it’s just another crack in the wall.

We don’t need no bans on torture
We need all information
Never mind if they are lying,
Waterboarding sure is fun!
Hey! CIA! Make those ragheads moan!
All in all, it’s just another crack in the wall.

We don’t need no free elections,
No polls with long lines in the sun,
We’ve got out-of-date computers,
Diebold tells us who has won.
Hey! Voters! You can just stay home!
All in all, it’s just another crack in the wall.

We don’t need no reconstruction,
We don’t need no New Orleans,
God has swept away the poor folk,
God will keep our cities clean.
Hey! Losers! Soon you’ll all be gone.
All in all, it’s just another crack in the wall.

— Mark Gabrish Conlan, September 15, 2006
(inspired by Bill O’Reilly and dedicated to Philip Paulson)