The Ballad of John Ashcroft

YOU SAY YOU’VE GOT A LITTLE LIST
OF EVERY SINGLE TERRORIST
AND YOU’D LIKE TO INTERVIEW
THOSE WHO DON’T AGREE WITH YOU
AND YOU’VE GOT YOUR LITTLE ELVES
TO TRY TO SAVE US FROM OURSELVES

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AND THE GOOD PEOPLE OF MISSOURI
VOTED FOR A DEAD MAN……..INSTEAD OF YOU

YOU LOVE TO MAKE THE EVENING NEWS
YOU DON’T CARE WHO YOU ABUSE
YOU DON’T WANT LAWYERS IN YOUR WAY
WHEN YOU WANT SOMEONE PUT AWAY
AND IF WE STAND UP FOR LIBERTY
YOU’LL LOCK US UP AND LOSE THE KEY

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WE KNOW YOU WANT MORE EXECUTIONS
YOU DON’T LIKE OUR CONSTITUTION
YOU LOVE TO SEE YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS
YOU CAN’T STAND OUR BILL OF RIGHTS
THERE ONCE WAS ONE YOU COULDN’T ARREST
AND YOU COVERED UP HER MARBLE BREAST

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AS WE SEE OUR RIGHTS ERODED
THREATS ARE GETTING COLOR CODED
AND IF WE STILL DON’T SEEM AFRAID
THE COLOR CAN GO UP A SHADE
BUT WE ARE NOT GONNA TAKE THE BAIT
THEY DIDN’T TAKE IT IN THE SHOW-ME STATE

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STORM LIBRARIES, RAID OUR HOMES
WATCH OUR KEYSTROKES, TAP OUR PHONES
TERRORIZE CHILDREN, CRUSH THEIR DREAMS
EVIL IS AS EVIL SEEMS
YOU SAY THAT YOU’RE PROTECTING US
ISN’T THAT RIDICULOUS?

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