Ruining America
Ruining America (A Song Parody)
Original music and lyrics “Breakfast in America”
by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, 1979
Additional lyrics by Wayne A. Schneider, 2008
Take a look at my president
He’s the only one I got
Not much of a president
He’s doesn’t seem to get a lot
Such a Dumbo, like his father
Ruining America
Like the folks in California
I’m hoping impeachment comes true
But there’s not a lot I can do
Could we have charges by breakfast
Nancy dear, Nancy dear
We got to send him to Texas
He’s just another millionaire
Not a winner, just a sinner
Make him take a polygraph
He’s a loser, what a joker
He’s playing his jokes upon you
‘Cause he’s nothing better to do
Don’t you look at my president
He’s the only one I got
Not much of a president
He’s doesn’t seem to get a lot
Such a Dumbo, like his father
Ruining America
Like the folks in California
I’m hoping impeachment comes true
But there’s not a lot I can do
A good adaptation. Only one quibble: Roger Hodgson wrote the whole of the song [Breakfast in America] in his late teens.
Comment by mancunian1001 — May 12, 2008 @ 9:22 am
Thank you, mancunian, for visiting my blog. I appreciate the correction. The information I had indicated both of them wrote the song (maybe one did the music years after the lyrics), so I wanted to properly credit them both. I may have even gotten that from the liner notes, but I am unsure. I will leave it this way for now, and if Roger Hodgson wants to write me to tell me to fix it, then I certainly will.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — May 12, 2008 @ 9:42 am