I was so determined NOT to be a smarts about this topic and to try to write something genuine and uplifting. But that just didn't happen, alas.
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Well, they asked me to reflect
To say a word in retrospect
As we attempt to come connect
On distant shores
So please let me introduce
Us and propose a little truce
Before our usual abuse
Winds up a war
We’re not so bad, once you get to know us
Just let us chew on the bloody bones you throw us
Sooner or late, we pull our punches
We'll all go have martini lunches
We’re not so bad in the end
Cain killed his brother
Eve bit the apple
I turn my back for a minute
They built the Sistine Chapel
tribal and petty
Hostile and sweaty
They hung up Mussolini
then they went and made spaghetti
We’re not so bad, once you get to know us
Just let us chew on the bloody bones you throw us
Sooner or late, we pull our punches
We'll all go have martini lunches
We’re not so bad in the end
We built some pretty nice pagodas
And we raised up Abe Vigoda
You should try the whiskey sodas
Down at Tate's
The pyramids are pretty nice
You'd look at Uma Thurman twice
And even you'd hum Edelweiss
If you heard it
We’re not so bad, once you get to know us
Just let us chew on the bloody bones you throw us
Sooner or late, we pull our punches
We'll all go have martini lunches
We’re not so bad in the end
It's true we're seeds of discontent
The bottle's dry, the money's spent
The Savior that they say they sent,
We killed him
And most of us show no respect
They say we're short on intellect
And yeah, one time we did elect
A psychopath
But we’re not so bad, once you get to know us
Just let us chew on the bloody bones you throw us
Sooner or late, we pull our punches
We'll all go have martini lunches
We’re not so bad in the end
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