From the recording Undo The Damage
Lyrics
The Ballad Of You Know Who
We were in Toronto here’s what we’d do
Every time the news mentioned you know who
We’d change the channel until he was gone
Then one night we thought we heard a scary sound
There he was right at our front door
Saying Do you know what I’m here for?
It’s not permitted to watch tv
Unless what you’re watching is me
We jumped out the window, drove to the woods
We were hiding out with no media or goods
Our entertainment was the neighborhood bear
How could we know you know who could ever find us there?
Don’t you have a country to run I inquired
A world to bully some people to fire
He said Until my name and face are everywhere
I can’t rest so I’m staying right here
We stole an Inuit canoe that winter night
Paddled west six weeks till it was light
We were snoozin’ on the island sand
When you know who pulled up in his catamaran
He said Congress just made history
The passed a law to name the sky after me
He waved his hand as if talking to a crowd
Said soon my face will be on every cloud
We jumped a tanker headed for Tangier
Hired a plane to take us to the stratosphere
When it caught fire, we took one deep breath
And parachuted down to fake our own deaths
A Haitian man saved us in a homemade boat
Dropped us in Miami just in time to vote
Two months later you know who was gone
Though the stink of deportations lingered on
They got rid of all the losers that he’d hired
Hired back everybody he’d ever fired
Ripped the masks off his immigration cops
Took back all the money that he’d ripped off
Finally all his wishes did come true
When for weeks his name was front page news
Though millions claimed they had no clue
They got him for the girls that he’d abused
Solo
Now the capitol’s repainted and bare
You don’t see you know who anywhere
Everybody’s celebrating being free
It’s even safe again to turn on the tv
The Ballad Of You Know Who
We were in Toronto here’s what we’d do
Every time the news mentioned you know who
We’d change the channel until he was gone
Then one night we thought we heard a scary sound
There he was right at our front door
Saying Do you know what I’m here for?
It’s not permitted to watch tv
Unless what you’re watching is me
We jumped out the window, drove to the woods
We were hiding out with no media or goods
Our entertainment was the neighborhood bear
How could we know you know who could ever find us there?
Don’t you have a country to run I inquired
A world to bully some people to fire
He said Until my name and face are everywhere
I can’t rest so I’m staying right here
We stole an Inuit canoe that winter night
Paddled west six weeks till it was light
We were snoozin’ on the island sand
When you know who pulled up in his catamaran
He said Congress just made history
The passed a law to name the sky after me
He waved his hand as if talking to a crowd
Said soon my face will be on every cloud
We jumped a tanker headed for Tangier
Hired a plane to take us to the stratosphere
When it caught fire, we took one deep breath
And parachuted down to fake our own deaths
A Haitian man saved us in a homemade boat
Dropped us in Miami just in time to vote
Two months later you know who was gone
Though the stink of deportations lingered on
They got rid of all the losers that he’d hired
Hired back everybody he’d ever fired
Ripped the masks off his immigration cops
Took back all the money that he’d ripped off
Finally all his wishes did come true
When for weeks his name was front page news
Though millions claimed they had no clue
They got him for the girls that he’d abused
Solo
Now the capitol’s repainted and bare
You don’t see you know who anywhere
Everybody’s celebrating being free
It’s even safe again to turn on the tv