My apologies to Janis Joplin…
Me and Democracy
Busted flat in “Covid Times”, vaxxin’ is a pain
When I’m feelin’ near as faded as Rmdna genes
Brandon thumbed his nose at me, before he claimed
He wanted to make America as crime-free as New Orleans
I watched as the J6ers were confined in a dirty DC cabana
Joe is so aloof while America sings the blues
EPA is slappin’ fines, soon I’ll be getting mine
This is not the America we knew
Freedoms are just another thing we need to lose
Nothin’, I mean nothin’ is ever going to be free
And feelin’ good was never easy, but now it is gone into the blue
You know feelin’ good was no good for Nancy and Joey B.
Not good enough for AOC and the progressive party
Shut down the Kentucky coal mines, count on solar from the sun
Algore and Kerry have a single goal
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that’s done
Nothings going to keep me from the cold
One day up near Portland, Antifa had it’s way
Lookin to ransack homes and defund the police,
They will trade all of your tomorrows, for their one “new” day
To be Soros’ heros of the brownshirt kind
Freedoms are just another thing we need to lose
Nothin’, I mean nothin’ is ever going to be free
And feelin’ good was never easy, but now it is gone into the blue
You know feelin’ good was no good for Nancy and Joey B.
Not good enough for AOC and the progressive party
La-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, Joey B., yeah
La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
La, la-la-la-da-da- Joey B., oh yeah
La-da-da, la-da-da, la,da-da, la,da-da
La-da-da, la-da-da, la-di-da
Hey now, Hey now, Nancy and Joey B.
Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, lo-da-da, na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
Hey now, Hey now, Nancy and Joey B., yeah
Well, I wanna call it “over”, vote in a different kind of man
but I am called a threat to their democracy
Hey now, Hey now, how about that lunacy, yeah
Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, oh
Hey-hey-hey, Joey B., Lord
Don’t worry about Joplin. But Kristofferson is still kicking around I think.
Sincere apologies, Kris. I knew he wrote it, sometimes forget how “country” the songs he wrote were.
Really only remember the Big Brother and Holding Company version to be honest.
Same here. I only recently bought a collection of Kristofferson’s stuff.