The Depravity Song

I’m a Liberal, so I must be depraved, right?

The Depravity Song
Original Words and Music “The Authority Song” by John Cougar Mellencamp, 1984
Additional Lyrics by Wayne A. Schneider, 2008

I like to stay out of a compromising position
I like to get somewhere and stay in my place
I think they’re so cute and I start to get that condition
Then I become a total disgrace

And I say

I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins
When I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins
Well I been fightin’ it since I was a young kid, but I’m just not winnin’
When I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins

So I call up the teacher I say, “Give me tests for my mind.”
He said, “You don’t need no tests, you need to go out, son.”
I said, “Going out leads to growing bold and going to prison.
And prison to me don’t sound like all that much fun.”

It’s what I said

I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins
When I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins
Well I been fightin’ it since I was a young kid, but I’m just not winnin’
When I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins

I said Oh no, no no
Said, Oh no no no
I said Oh no, no no
I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins

I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins
When I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins
Well I been fightin’ it since I was a young kid, but I’m just not winnin’
When I fight Depravity, Depravity always wins