Keep your tea away from me
You've been drinking I can see
I think I'll have a glass of lemonade
your slash and burn democracy
is not good public policy
it's causing your intelligence to fade
That tea is causing your intelligence to fade
Well I don't want to drink your tea
It causes mass stupidity
Just look who you got playing on your team
Based on what I hear and see
It's clear you've had a glass or three
Your lack of basic understanding makes me want to freakin' SCREAM!
Keep your tea away from me
When it comes to the economy
deficits are not the only key
Just ask your main man Dick Cheney
Remember him, he was your VP
and that's what he said in 2003
When he lied about alleged WMDs
And went out and spent an extra trillion or three
But government ain't JUST military
Just try to start a company
by hiring kids who can barely read
Or distributing product over torn up streets
Look, this land of our has lots of needs
Your got people who ain't worked in 99 weeks
INVESTMENT brings prosperity
Like interstates under Dwight D.
Like the space program under Kennedy
LBJ's Great Society
Medicare and Social Security
Are not some kind of charity
Look, there's a lot stuff on which we agree
Things are screwed up in Dee Cee
We given already public subsidies
To everybody on Wall Street
The banks were rewarded for unbridled greed
'cause the country is ruled by financial elites
It's a 21st century oligarchy
campaign finance gave us corporatocracy
But its not as simple as they'll have you believe
Ask the folks at Moody's or S and P
Ask the veterans who can't get the care they need
Or the storm-ravaged folks that FEMA feeds
You want to improve the economy?
through nothing but fiscal austerity?
You've got it backwards, even the blind can see
balanced budgets don't fix an economy
we need JOBS and GROWTH to heal the country
and the deficit shrinks with more activity
We balanced a budget under Billy C.
Look at the facts, study history!
It's time to make public policy
Based on a realistic philosophy
Just because you pay taxes doesn't mean you're not free
So please put down that fuckin glass of tea
Keep your tea away from me
Bachmann, Palin, Rick Perry
appeal to folks who're thinking mighty slow
Boehner can't negotiate
It's impossible to legislate
When the only word you'll ever say is "NO"
You've been drinking I can see
I think I'll have a glass of lemonade
your slash and burn democracy
is not good public policy
it's causing your intelligence to fade
That tea is causing your intelligence to fade
Well I don't want to drink your tea
It causes mass stupidity
Just look who you got playing on your team
Based on what I hear and see
It's clear you've had a glass or three
Your lack of basic understanding makes me want to freakin' SCREAM!
Keep your tea away from me
When it comes to the economy
deficits are not the only key
Just ask your main man Dick Cheney
Remember him, he was your VP
and that's what he said in 2003
When he lied about alleged WMDs
And went out and spent an extra trillion or three
But government ain't JUST military
Just try to start a company
by hiring kids who can barely read
Or distributing product over torn up streets
Look, this land of our has lots of needs
Your got people who ain't worked in 99 weeks
INVESTMENT brings prosperity
Like interstates under Dwight D.
Like the space program under Kennedy
LBJ's Great Society
Medicare and Social Security
Are not some kind of charity
Look, there's a lot stuff on which we agree
Things are screwed up in Dee Cee
We given already public subsidies
To everybody on Wall Street
The banks were rewarded for unbridled greed
'cause the country is ruled by financial elites
It's a 21st century oligarchy
campaign finance gave us corporatocracy
But its not as simple as they'll have you believe
Ask the folks at Moody's or S and P
Ask the veterans who can't get the care they need
Or the storm-ravaged folks that FEMA feeds
You want to improve the economy?
through nothing but fiscal austerity?
You've got it backwards, even the blind can see
balanced budgets don't fix an economy
we need JOBS and GROWTH to heal the country
and the deficit shrinks with more activity
We balanced a budget under Billy C.
Look at the facts, study history!
It's time to make public policy
Based on a realistic philosophy
Just because you pay taxes doesn't mean you're not free
So please put down that fuckin glass of tea
Keep your tea away from me
Bachmann, Palin, Rick Perry
appeal to folks who're thinking mighty slow
Boehner can't negotiate
It's impossible to legislate
When the only word you'll ever say is "NO"