Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon Lyrics - Live Again! - Phil Ochs

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Here's to the state of richard nixon 

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For underneath his borders the devil draws no line 

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If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will find 

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And the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes 

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And the calender is lyin' when it reads the present time 

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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of 

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Richard nixon find yourself another country to be part of 

And here's to the schools richard nixon 

Where they're teaching all the children they don't have to care 

All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere 

And every single classroom is a factory of despair 

Oh, there's nobody learnin' such as foreign word as fair 

Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of 

Richard nixon find yourself another country to be part of 

And here's to the laws richard nixon 

Where the wars are fought in secret, pearl harbor every day 

He punishes with income tax that he don't have to pay 

And he's tapping his own brother just to here what he would say 

But corruption can be classic in the richard nixon way 

Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of 

Richard nixon find yourself another country to be part of 

And here's to the churches richard nixon and billy graham 

Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust 

And the sunday mornin sermons pander to their lust 

All the fallen face of jesus is chokin' in the dust 

And heaven only knows in which God they can trust 

Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of 

Richard nixon find yourself another country to be part of 

And here's to the government richard nixon 

In the swamp of their bureaucracy their always boggin' down 

And criminals are posing as advisors to the crown 

And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sound 

And the speeches of the president are the ravings of a clown 

Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of 

Richard nixon find yourself another country to be part of 

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