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* What should be Pat Quinn’s reelection campaign theme song?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:28 am

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Genesis: Land of Confusion

Comment by nice kid Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:38 am
Quinn the Eskimo

Comment by anon Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:39 am
Here are the lyrics:

I must’ve dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They’re moving into the street

Now did you read the news today
They say the danger’s gone away
But I can see the fire’s still alight
There burning into the night

There’s too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can’t you see this is a land of confusion?

Well this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we’re given
Use them and let’s start trying
To make it a place worth living in

Ooh, Superman where are you now
When everything’s gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
But there’s not much love to go round
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we’re given
Use them and let’s start trying
To make it a place worth living in

I remember long ago when the sun was shining
Yes, and the stars were bright all through the night
And the sound of your laughter as I held you tight, so long ago

I won’t be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We’re not just making promises
That we know, we’ll never keep

Too many men, there’s too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can’t you see, this is a land of confusion?

Now this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we’re given
Use them and let’s start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for
This is the world we live in

This is the world we live in
And these are the names we’re given
Stand up and let’s start showing
Just where our lives are going to

Comment by nice kid Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:40 am
Bauhaus — All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

“All we ever wanted was everything
All we ever got was cold”

Comment by Bauhaus Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:43 am
Boston - A Man I’ll Never Be

Comment by Stones Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:46 am
Highway To Hell

- AC/DC

Comment by Judgment Day Is On The Way Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:53 am
Both the title, and lyrics of The Beatles “Nowhere Man” seem fitting.

Comment by Baines 4 Prez Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:55 am
“Flip, Flop and Fly” by Big Joe Turner.

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 9:58 am
Send in the Clowns

Comment by irish Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:02 am
Thanks to “Baines 4 Prez” @ 9:55 am, both Brady and Quinn have now had a vote for the Beatles’ “Nowhere Man”.

Comment by cover Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:03 am
“Deep in the Heart of Taxes”

Comment by Gathersno Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:03 am
Blowin In The Wind

Comment by Nuance Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:04 am
Neil Young’s “Revolution Blues”

But we need you now,
and that’s why
I’m hangin’ ’round.

So you be good to me
and I’ll be good to you,

And in this land of conditions
I’m not above suspicion

I won’t attack you,
but I won’t back you.

Comment by MrJM Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:07 am
Don’t you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
I thought that you’d want what I want -
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Quick, send in the clowns.

Isn’t it rich?
Isn’t it queer?
Losing my timing this late
In my career?
And where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don’t bother - they’re here.

Judy Collins

Comment by irish Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:08 am
4 Non Blondes - What’s Going On?

And so I cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what’s in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take A deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs,
What’s going on?!?

Comment by Huge in Japan Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:09 am
@ Cover

I’d nominate it for Whitney as well, though for slightly varying reasons than the other. It’s IL politics for 2010 in a nutshell, regardless of political position.

Comment by Baines 4 Prez Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:12 am
“Encore” - Jay-Z

Who you gon’ find doper than him with no pen
just draw off inspiration
Soon you gon’ see you can’t replace him
with cheap imitations for DESE GENERATIONS

And…

You wanna be in the public, send your budget
Well **** it, I ain’t budgin!

Comment by George Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:16 am
This Masquerade - George Benson, enhanced by VanillaMan

Are we really happy here
With this lonely game we play
Looking for words to say?
Searching
But not finding campaigning anyway
We’re lost in a mas–masquerade

We’re afraid to say
We’re spent your pay
With budgeting games from the start
We tried to start over
But politics got in the way
We’re selling assets and hope we can pay

Thoughts of future disappear
Our bills aren’t paid on time
We’ve spent every single dime
To understand the reasons
Our State’s credit is gone today
We’re lost in this masquerade

I’m afraid to say
We’re filing bankrupsy today
This campaign is all gas and fart
I’ll claim that it’s not over
But the facts get in the way
We’re lost thanks to our Pay to Play

Watch our infastructure disappear
Unpaid bills climbing to the sky
No matter how hard I lie
To understand the reasons
We’re bankrupted this way
We’re lost in this masquerade

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:18 am
Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House”
Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me?”
REM “It’s The End of The World As We Know It”

Comment by Da Ship Be Sinking Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:19 am
“Taxman” (Beatles)

“If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free” (Sting)

Until they pick a Lt. Gov.: “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (U2)

When discussing his dealings with the GA: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (Rolling Stones)

Because Steve Martin recommended it for politicians talking when times are tough: “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” (It just makes you feel like everything will be OK.)

“Dazed & Confused” (Led Zepplin) (No explanation needed.)

Comment by Pot calling kettle Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:21 am
Fair Warning Lyrics
by Guess Who
(Bachman-Cummings)

Well I’ve been trying for ages
And it looks like it’s all in vain
And if things don’t start looking up pretty soon
I’m going home

Well the folks back home, they wonder where I’ve been
And they’re looking pretty good to me now
So if you’re thinking of bright lights and fame
Stay at home

Well there’s managing others, who are
Out for what they can get
And each one says he’s your friend
But there’s not one of them there
But for what he can get out of it in the end

So if you’re thinking of going on the stage
Put down your microphone,
Take advantage of your age
Take it from me, I’ve been there and I’ve come back.
Don’t be a governor.

Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:21 am
Sorry, two slight modifications in the lyrics.

Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:22 am
Meet the new boss, the same as the old boss..,

Comment by Plutocrat03 Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:22 am
George, perfect JAY-Z reference.

It ties in his rambling state of the state address and the brady budget issue.

Good find.

Comment by ok Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:26 am
Pink Floyds “Money”…as if we had any.

Comment by How Ironic Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:28 am
Send Lawyers Guns and Money.

Comment by downstate hack Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:34 am
“Disorder in the House” by the late great Warren Zevon.

Comment by Captain Flume Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:35 am
Does Judy Collins’ “Both Sides Now” work?

Comment by Carl Nyberg Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:37 am
Black Hole Sun

Comment by Tufty Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:39 am
Irish…..Spot on!!

Comment by Justice Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:42 am
I recall a Martin Mull song from long ago…

“I used to be plastic
Now I’m elastic
I’m Flexible”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aN_pzu8QuY

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:43 am
Wipe Out

Comment by TJ Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:47 am
Patsy Cline - Crazy

Crazy, I’m crazy for speaking without notes,
I’m crazy, crazy for lyin’ to Daley……
I knew, they’d love me as long as November,
And then someday, you’d leave me for some grape jelly.
Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wonderin’, what in the world did I say?
Oh, crazy, for thinkin’ that my speech could hold you…..
I’m crazy for tryin’ and crazy for lyin’
And I’m crazy for foolin’ you.
Crazy, for thinkin’ that my word would hold you,
I’m crazy for tryin, and crazy for lyin’
And I’m crazy for foolin’ you…..

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:49 am
Once divided, nothing left to subtract
Some words when spoken can’t be taken back
Walks on his own with thoughts he can’t help thinkin’
Future’s above, but in the past he’s slow and sinking
Caught a bolt ‘a lightnin’
Cursed the day he let it go
Nothingman
Nothingman
Isn’t it something?
Nothingman

(Pearl Jam/Vitology)

Comment by Jake from Elwood Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:50 am
We’re on the ROAD to NOWHERE!

Comment by Double D Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:56 am
XTC’s “The Mayor of Simpleton”

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:57 am
Any Monty Python song could work for him. Perhaps a song about Spam or Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:00 am
It didn’t take any time at all to come up with an answer.

Send In the Clowns

Comment by Bman Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:02 am
I Will Survive

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:03 am
Levois - LOL! How about “The Lumberjack Song”?

Comment by Stones Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:04 am
Jefferson Airplans - Volunteers (”one generation got old, one generation got sold”)

Comment by lakecountydem Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:07 am
“How can I miss you if you won’t go away”

(Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks)

Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:07 am
With a hat tip to Illinois’ own Cheap Trick - “I Want You to Want Me”

Comment by Anonymiss Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:09 am
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
or
If I Was King For Just One Day

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:10 am
“What Kind of Fool Am I?”

From the Sixties Musical “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off.”

Comment by Honest Abe Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:11 am
In honor of tomorrow’s budget speech, I nominate Steeler’s Wheel, “Stuck in the Middle with You.”

“Well I don’t know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain’t right,
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
And I’m wondering what it is I should do,
It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I’m all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing,
And you’re proud that you’re a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please…. Please…..”

Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:12 am
“Levois - LOL! How about “The Lumberjack Song”? “

Yeah that works!

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:17 am
Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Comment by been there Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:17 am
Since he might still read this blog, I post this to urge Gov. Quinn to remember what he got into government for:

Renegades of Funk by Rage Against the Machine
(via Afrika Bambaataa)

Since the Prehistoric ages and the days of ancient Greece
Right down through the Middle Ages
Planet earth kept going through changes
And then the renaissance came, the times continued to change
Nothing stayed the same, but there were always renegades
Like Chief Sitting Bull, Tom Paine
Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
They were renegades of their time and age
The mighty Renegades

….

Now renegades are the people with their own philosophies
They change the course of history
Everyday people like you and me
We’re the renegades, we’re the people
With our own philosophies
We change the course of history
Everyday people like you and me
C’mon!

Comment by Lefty Lefty Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:22 am
Send in the Clowns is good, but how about …

“Ramblin’ Man” by the Allman Brothers

“Lord I was born a ramblin’ man
Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can
And when it’s time for leavin’, I hope you’ll understand
That I was born a ramblin man.”

Comment by Name Withheld Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:23 am
“Why Can’t We Be Friends?”

Comment by keepitsimple Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:23 am
Barenaked Ladies “If I Had A Million Dollars”

Comment by anon Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:28 am
Da Ship Be Sinking

Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House”

Nice one!

Watch out! you might get what you’re after.
Cool babies, strange but not a stranger.
I’m an ordinary guy
Burning down the house.

Hold tight! wait till the party’s over.
Hold tight! We’re in for nasty weather.
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house.

Here’s your ticket, pack your bag,
Time for jumpin’ overboard.
The transportation is here.
Close enough but not too far,
Maybe you know where you are,
Fighting fire with fire.

All wet, hey you might need a raincoat.
Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight,
Three hundred sixty-five degrees,
Burning down the house.

It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself,
Gonna come in first place.
People on their way to work, baby, what did you expect?
Gonna burst into flame.

My house is out of the ordinary.
That’s right, don’t want to hurt nobody.
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet,
Burning down the house.

No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothing yet;
Everything’s stuck together.
I don’t know what you expect staring into the TV set,
Fighting fire with fire.

Comment by Fan of the Game Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:33 am
Ball of Confusion, the Temptations

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:33 am
I think 2 Kansas’ songs are appropriate: “Carry On My Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind”

Carry on my wayward son
There’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don’t you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I’m dreaming
I can hear them say

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don’t know

Dust in the Wind
close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment’s gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

[Now] Don’t hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won’t another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.

Comment by Going with Kansas Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:34 am
The Guv and his clowns can sing this to the Illinois voters!

DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT
(Smith)
HUEY ‘PIANO’ SMITH & THE CLOWNS (ACE 545, 1958)

I can’t lose with the stuff I use (don’t you just know it)
Baby don’t believe I wear two left shoes (don’t you just know it)

[Chorus]
Ah-ha-ha-ha (ah-ha-ha-ha)
Hey-eh-oh (hey-eh-oh)
Gooba-gooba-gooba-gooba (gooba-gooba-gooba-gooba)
Ah-ha-ha-ha (ah-ha-ha-ha)
Ah-ha-ha-ha (ah-ha-ha-ha)
Hey-eh-oh (hey-eh-oh)

Hey pretty baby can we go strollin’ (don’t you just know it)
You got me rockin’ when I oughta be rollin’ (don’t you just know it)

Baby-baby you’re my blue heaven (don’t you just know it)
You got me pushin’ when I oughta be shovin’ (don’t you just know it)

High on a mountain, cool as a breeze (don’t you just know it)
The younger the couple the tighter they squeeze (don’t you just know it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sxnXO2RjVg

Comment by Goldwater Guy Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:39 am
Minor nit, Quinn was never elected governor so it’s not his “reelection”.

…As for Quinn’s campaign song, it’s gotta be “Sweet Betsy from Pike” so grab a beer and sing along.

Comment by Rob N Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:44 am
Bertha by the Grateful Dead.

It doesn’t have anything to do with Quinn, but at least I’m guaranteed to like something I hear at his appearances.

Comment by MJ KAM Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:45 am
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up from Peter Pan.

Comment by been there Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:50 am
“99 Problems” Jay-Z

“99 Problems but a b—- ain’t one”

“Can’t Tell Me Nothing” Kanye West

“I had a dream I can buy my way to heaven
When I awoke, I spent that on a necklace.
I told God I’d be back in a second,
Man It’s so hard not to act reckless.
To whom much is given much is tested.
Get arrested, got some chili, get the message.
I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny,
And What I do? Act more stupidly.
Bought More Jewelry, More Louis V, My momma couldn’t get through to me.
The drama, people suing me,
I’m on T.V. talking like it’s just you and me.
I’m just saying how I feel man,
I ain’t one of the Cosby’s I ain’t go to Hillman
I guess the money should’ve changed him,
I guess I should’ve forgot where I came From.

La,la,la,la wait till I get my money right
la, la, la, la then you can’t tell me nothing right
Excuse Me, is you saying something?
Uh, uh, you can’t tell me nothing
(Haha) you can’t tell me nothing
Uh, uh, you can’t tell me nothing”

“Beg, Steal or Borrow” The Babyshambles

“Why should I wait until tomorrow?
I’ve already been
I’ve already seen
All the sorrow that’s in store

But if I beg steal or borrow
Just to hold on tighter
To all the sorrow
Tries to chaw
If I change my tune
Maybe well I won’t be bound to doom
Well I won’t be bound to doom
And I won’t be bound to”

Comment by Hisgirlfriday Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:52 am
OK after seeing all of the lyrics to “Burning Down the House” spelled out I must commend whoever came up with that suggestion first. Bravo.

Comment by Hisgirlfriday Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:54 am
King Nothing by Metallica

“I wish I may
I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight
I want that star
I want it now
I want it all and I don’t care how

Careful what you wish
Careful what you say
Careful what you wish
You may regret it
Careful what you wish
You just might get it

Then it all crashes down
And you break your crown
And you point your finger
But there’s no one around

Just want one thing
Just to play the king
But the castle’s crumbled
And you’re left with just a name

Where’s your crown, King Nothing?”

Comment by Noob Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 11:54 am
Okay - double dipping here. This might have been more appropo for Blago, but some elements still seem like the fit.

“God’s Away on Business” - Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan

I’d sell your heart to the junkman baby
For a buck, for a buck
If you’re looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch
You’re out of luck, you’re out of luck

Ship is sinking
The ship is sinking
The ship is sinking

There’s a leak, there’s a leak in the boiler room
The poor, the lame, the blind
Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves and lawyers

God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business
God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business

Comment by Name Withheld Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:08 pm
Turn out the lights the party’s over!–Willie Nelson

Comment by BIG R.PH. Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:11 pm
This Time I Know It’s for Real

Comment by anon Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:18 pm
“I Need Some Money” by Johnny Lee Hooker (1959)
They say the best things in life are free–
But you can keep ‘em for the birds and bees—
Now give me money (that’s what I want)—
I need some money (Yeah, that’s what I want)—–

Comment by Beowulf Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:24 pm
OK Go’s “This too shall pass”

Not just for the lyrics, but the music video reminds us what the Illinois budget looks like in operation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

Comment by Gregor Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:32 pm
“Apparition” by Yo Soybean

Comment by vole Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:48 pm
James Brown - The Boss

Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss

Look at me
you know what you see,
you see a bad mutha
Look at me
you know what you see,
you see a bad mutha

Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Heh!
heh!told you so!
told you so!

Head for the turn around
Head for the turn around
told you so!

Paid the cost to be the boss……….

Comment by The Shadow Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:53 pm
Has TAPS been taken? Or is that just for his budget proposal?

Comment by A.B, Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:55 pm
And then there’s Tom Waits’s I Don’t Wanna Grow Up…

When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night
I don’t wanna grow up
Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right
I don’t wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog
That’s always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog
When I see the price that you pay
I don’t wanna grow up
I don’t ever wanna be that way
I don’t wanna grow up

Seems like folks turn into things
That they’d never want
The only thing to live for
Is today…
I’m gonna put a hole in my TV set
I don’t wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
And I don’t wanna grow up
I don’t wanna have to shout it out
I don’t want my hair to fall out
I don’t wanna be filled with doubt
I don’t wanna be a good boy scout
I don’t wanna have to learn to count
I don’t wanna have the biggest amount
I don’t wanna grow up

Comment by been there Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:55 pm
AB wins. lol

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:56 pm
“Free Falling” from Tom Petty

“The Illinois Enima Bandit” From Frank Zappa

“Crazy Train” or “The Road to nowhere” from Ozzy Osbourne.

Comment by Pickles!! Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:57 pm
Ball of Confusion, by the Temptations.

Comment by Speaking at Will Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 12:58 pm
Modest Mouse
“we were already dead before the ship even sank”

Comment by Mr. Ethics Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 1:02 pm
Na..Na..Na. - Good Bye.

Comment by Dem. Donkey Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 1:34 pm
Idiot Wind, Bob Dylan

“Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth”

Comment by Illini Hack Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 1:46 pm
……..the circus is in town.

“Desolation Row” by Dylan.

Comment by Irishpirate Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 1:48 pm
Branded!
Marked by the Blagojevich shame.
What do you do when you’re branded,
Will you fight for your name?

He was innocent,
Not a charge was true,
But the world will never know …

Branded!
Scorned as the one who ran.
What do you do when you’re branded,
And you know you’re a man?

And wherever you go
for the rest of your life
You must prove …
You’re a man!

Comment by Anon Nobody Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 2:01 pm
I’m not Lisa
My name is Patrick
Lisa left you months ago
My eyes are not blue
But they won’t leave you

Comment by Roz Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 2:13 pm
Since BillTheBuilder cannot get much media attention perhaps the Governor can use the Theme from THe Brady Bunch to remind voters who will be this year’s Alan Keyes stand in

Comment by CircularFiringSquad Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 2:13 pm
Any of 3 Neil Young songs

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
The Losing End (When You’re On)
Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)

Comment by Dead Man Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 2:58 pm
My vote is for “Vehicle” by the Ides of March…
“I’m the friendly stranger in the black sedan, won’t you hop inside my car…..
You get the idea!!

Comment by Neaderthal Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 3:09 pm
“I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again…

Comment by save a horse ride a harley Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 3:14 pm
Tune: We’re in the Money
Lyrics: The State’s out’a money The State’s out’a money…

Comment by Njardar Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 3:25 pm
AC/DC — Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Comment by Bauhaus Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 4:20 pm
“Living on a Thin Line” by The Kinks
(altered by FOTG)

All the stories have been told
Of governors and days of old,
But there’s no Illinois now.

Budget wars that were won and lost
Somehow don’t seem to matter very much anymore.
All the lies we were told,
All the lies of the people running ’round,
Their mansions have burned.
Now I see a change,
But inside we’re the same as we ever were.

Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Living this way, each day is a dream.
What am I, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Now another century nearly gone,
What are we gonna leave for the young?
What we couldn’t do, what we wouldn’t do,
It’s a crime, but does it matter?
Does it matter much,
does it matter much to you?
Does it ever really matter?
Yes, it really, really matters.

(Chorus)

Now another leader says
Break their hearts and break some heads.
Is there nothing we can say or do?
Blame the future on the past,
Always lost in blood and guts.
And when they’re gone, it’s me and you.

(Chorus)

Comment by Fan of the Game Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 4:35 pm
All the good songs were taken but I think this “revised” version of a Mariah Carey classic does the trick.

I Don’t Wanna Cut – by Pat Quinn
Sung to Mariah Carey’s “I Don’t Wanna Cry”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfG1qwl-Zho

(Fade in Quinn with his head in his hands)
Ooooooooooo ho yeah yeah mmmmm

Once again we sit in silence
After all is spent and gone
Past due bills lookin’ up at us
Voters, look what we’ve become oh
I can make a million promises
But it still won’t change
It isn’t right to sugar coat it
It will only bring each other pain

Chorus:
I don’t wanna cut
Don’t wanna cut
Nothing in the world
Could take us back
To where we used to be
Though I’ve given you my heart and soul
(Pat Quinn find us a way to go)
I must find a way of raising dough
‘Cause voters, I don’t wanna cut

Too far apart to bridge the deficit
But something keeps us hanging on and on
Pretending not to know the problems
Denying that it’s all my fault
Every moment Madigan’s in control
He’s beating me down
I know he swore he’d help me
But it hurts too much to have him around

Chorus:
I don’t wanna cut
Don’t wanna cut
I don’t wanna cut
Those services that’s
Good for you and me
Though I’ve given you my heart and soul ooo ooo (businesses don’t think so)
Raising taxes is the way to go
‘Cause voters, I don’t wanna cut ooooo
I don’t wanna cut. No, no noooooo oh oh oh oh oh yeah

Bridge:
All the money’s gone
It’s just a shadow of a memory
Something just went wrong
We can’t go on borrowing, on borrowing

Chorus:
Cuz I don’t wanna cut
Don’t wanna cut
Nothing in the world
Could take us back
To where we used to be
Brady’s looking to defeat in fall (He don’t stand a chance at all)
Overlooking him is a bad call
‘Cause voters, I don’t wanna cut
Mmmm… I don’t wanna cut…

Okay, Rich I took a couple of jabs in there but what do you expect from a Brady supporter. lol This was fun. Can we do Brady tomorrow? lol

Comment by Cutiemomma46 Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 4:36 pm
An old, rythym and blues number… Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights.

Comment by Freezeup Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 4:57 pm
This is the End — by the Doors.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 5:01 pm
“I got plenty of nothin’” - Gershwin - Porgy and Bess

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 5:13 pm
Some of these songs are REALLY depressing. Just sayin!

Comment by The REAL Anonymous fka Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 5:16 pm
Has anyone mentioned “Long Time Gone” by Crosby, Stills & Nash?

Comment by The REAL Anonymous fka Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 5:42 pm
Should I stay or Should I go — The Clash
It Don’t Come Easy — Ringo Starr
The Thrill is Gone — B.B. King

Comment by Budget Watcher Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 5:51 pm
Seriously, Watcher! Who in Illinois can resist “double trouble”? lol

Comment by The REAL Anonymous fka Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 5:56 pm
That was a crazy game of poker….OAR

Comment by The Big A Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 6:34 pm
Ooops sorry Rich I didn’t realize we did Brady yesterday! Hey check out the Brady song I did to Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirty Cowboy by Elton John. I think it’s a good parody.

Not as good as I Don’t Wanna Cut above but hey this much genius in one day is rare. lol Nite all.

Comment by Cutiemomma46 Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 6:57 pm
Don’t be angry, don’t be sad
Don’t vote for Whitney, that would be bad

“Love the One You’re With” — CSN

Comment by Quizzical Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 7:09 pm
Why can’t we be friends

Comment by Zoble21 Tuesday, Mar 9, 10 @ 10:03 pm
March of the Gladiators

Comment by Pat Robertson Wednesday, Mar 10, 10 @ 7:50 am

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