When Clinton signed the Communications Decency Act, I posted a message to a Phil Ochs mailing list requesting that Love Me, I'm A Liberal be extended to cover the current situtations. My sister responded with the following few verses. I helped her clean up the meter a little, but the work is all hers.

I cried when they shot P.M. Yitzak,
The tears they ran down my spine.
And I cried when the Berlin Wall fell
As though I'd found a father of mine.
But Bosnia doesn't need our help,
Let Frogs and Brits die this time
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

I go to the Demo's Convention
And put down the old GOP,
I vote for affirmative action
Hope every colored girl agrees,
But don't talk of Million Man marches,
That's asking too much of me
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

I cheered when Clinton was chosen,
My faith in America restored
And I'm glad to hear white males challenged
For their powerful, CEO boards
And I love them gays and lesbians 
As long as they can't go to war,
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

The people of old California
Should all hang their heads in shame.
Can't understand how that Prop. passed,
Don't they want their servants tamed?
But if you ask me to feed all their children,
I hope the cops take down your name,
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

I've read about Mapplethorpe photos
And I've learned to respect every view.
You know, I like the PBS broadcasts,
They show what's novel and new.
But when it comes to times like the Gulf War
There's no one more red, white, and blue,
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

I vote for the left-wing candidates,
They want our Medicare to be strong.
I go to the Springsteen concerts,
He sure gets me singing those songs.
I'll sign any paper you hand me,
But don't ask me to come on along,
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

Once I was young and impulsive
Swore most every fuckin' night.
Even went to ACLU meetings,
Memorized y'old Bill of Rights.
But I've grown older and wiser,
And your Web page is no longer right,
So love me, love me, love me, I'm Bill Clinton.

February 19, 1996 / toby@ovod-everett.org, Return to my homepage.