He Had It Coming
Dick:
Pop.
Rummy:
War.
Karl:
Squish.
Gonzo:
Uh-Uh.
Paul:
World Bank.
Bush:
Wolfowitz!
Dick:
Pop.
Rummy:
War.
Karl:
Squish.
Gonzo:
Uh-Uh.
Paul:
World Bank.
Bush:
Wolfowitz!
All:
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
Paul:
I betcha you would have done the same!
Dick:
You know how people
have these little habits that
get you down. Like Harry.
Harry liked to hunt birds.
No, not hunt. Pop!!
Well, I joined him this one day and
I am really irritated, and
looking for a little sympathy
and there's Harry layin' on
the lawn, drinkin' a beer and
poppin'. No, not poppin'.
POPPING!. So, I said to him,
I said, "Harry, you pop that
hawk one more time..."
And he did!
Dick:
So I took the shotgun from my aide
and fired two warning shots...
...into his head.
All:
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have heard it
I betcha you would
Have done the same!
Rummy:
I met George W. Bush from
his dad many years ago
And he told me was serious
and we hit it off right away.
So, we started working together.
He'd talk about war, I'd talk about war,
I'd fix him a drink, and we'd laugh
like heaven in two and a half drinks...
And then I found out,
"Troop surge" he told me?
Troop surge, my ass.
Not only was he serious.
...oh, no, he had real plans.
One of those insiders,
you know. So that night
he came to visit.
I mixed him his
drink as usual.
Rummy:
You know, some guys just can't hold their Hellfire!
Dick, Rummy, Karl, Gonzo, Paul, Bush:
Hah! He had it coming
He had it coming
He took a country
At it's prime
And then he used it
And he abused it
It was a murder
And it was crime!
Karl:
Now, I'm standing in the White House
carvin' up the employees for dinner,
minding my own business,
and in storms one Valerie Plame
in a mad, mad rage.
"You been screwin' me in the papers,"
she says.
She was crazy,
and she kept on screamin'
"You been screwin' me in the papers!"
Karl:
And then she ran into my dick! She ran into my dick TEN TIMES!
All:
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!
Gonzo:
Mi madre and mi padre, o wherefore art thou
Mi corazons?
Yo tengo screwed up mucho big time, en cannot save
My Texan ass no more. Por favor?? Yo can only say, I do not remember
All those meetings, and what I said and what I read
And I can no longer speaka de Ingles, por favor....
Reporter:
Yeah, but did you do it?
Gonzo:
UH UH, not guilty!
Paul:
My girlfriend, Shaha, and I did this double act
and my buddy, Dubya, used to understand
us.
Now for the last number in our act,
we did these 20 financial tricks in a
row, one, two, three, four, five...
Promotions, raised salaries, back flips, flip flops,
one right after the other. Well, this one night
we are in the World Bank, the three of us,
sittin' up in an office, boozin' and havin' a few
laughs and we ran out of dough
so I went out to get some.
I come back, open the door
And there's Shaha and
Dubya talking World Domination
-without me...
Paul:
Well, I was in such a state of shock, I completely blacked out.
I can't remember a thing. It wasn't until later, when I was
reading my own Board notes, I even knew she'd gotten a raise.
All:
They had it coming
They had it coming
They had it coming all along.
I didn't do it
But if I'd done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?
Bush:
I love Gonzalez, Wolfowitz
More than I can possibly say.
They are real fantastic guys...
Sensitive...they're pardners.
But they've been troubled.
They're always trying
to find themselves.
They go out every night
looking for themselves
and along the way
they find Ruth,
the truth,
Rosemary and Thyme.
Bush:
I guess you can say we'll break up because of artistic differences.
They see themselves as alive
and I see them dead.
Bush:
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
All:
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
All along
'Cause if they used us
And they abused us
How could you tell us
That we were wrong?
All:
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had
Himself
To blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha
You would
Have done
The same!
Dick:
You pop that gun one more time!
Rummy:
Troop surge my ass.
Karl:
Ten times!
Gonzo:
UH-UH
Paul:
The World Bank - the big promotion.
Dick:
Artistic differences.
All:
I betcha you would have done the same!
Pop.
Rummy:
War.
Karl:
Squish.
Gonzo:
Uh-Uh.
Paul:
World Bank.
Bush:
Wolfowitz!
Dick:
Pop.
Rummy:
War.
Karl:
Squish.
Gonzo:
Uh-Uh.
Paul:
World Bank.
Bush:
Wolfowitz!
All:
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
Paul:
I betcha you would have done the same!
Dick:
You know how people
have these little habits that
get you down. Like Harry.
Harry liked to hunt birds.
No, not hunt. Pop!!
Well, I joined him this one day and
I am really irritated, and
looking for a little sympathy
and there's Harry layin' on
the lawn, drinkin' a beer and
poppin'. No, not poppin'.
POPPING!. So, I said to him,
I said, "Harry, you pop that
hawk one more time..."
And he did!
Dick:
So I took the shotgun from my aide
and fired two warning shots...
...into his head.
All:
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have heard it
I betcha you would
Have done the same!
Rummy:
I met George W. Bush from
his dad many years ago
And he told me was serious
and we hit it off right away.
So, we started working together.
He'd talk about war, I'd talk about war,
I'd fix him a drink, and we'd laugh
like heaven in two and a half drinks...
And then I found out,
"Troop surge" he told me?
Troop surge, my ass.
Not only was he serious.
...oh, no, he had real plans.
One of those insiders,
you know. So that night
he came to visit.
I mixed him his
drink as usual.
Rummy:
You know, some guys just can't hold their Hellfire!
Dick, Rummy, Karl, Gonzo, Paul, Bush:
Hah! He had it coming
He had it coming
He took a country
At it's prime
And then he used it
And he abused it
It was a murder
And it was crime!
Karl:
Now, I'm standing in the White House
carvin' up the employees for dinner,
minding my own business,
and in storms one Valerie Plame
in a mad, mad rage.
"You been screwin' me in the papers,"
she says.
She was crazy,
and she kept on screamin'
"You been screwin' me in the papers!"
Karl:
And then she ran into my dick! She ran into my dick TEN TIMES!
All:
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!
Gonzo:
Mi madre and mi padre, o wherefore art thou
Mi corazons?
Yo tengo screwed up mucho big time, en cannot save
My Texan ass no more. Por favor?? Yo can only say, I do not remember
All those meetings, and what I said and what I read
And I can no longer speaka de Ingles, por favor....
Reporter:
Yeah, but did you do it?
Gonzo:
UH UH, not guilty!
Paul:
My girlfriend, Shaha, and I did this double act
and my buddy, Dubya, used to understand
us.
Now for the last number in our act,
we did these 20 financial tricks in a
row, one, two, three, four, five...
Promotions, raised salaries, back flips, flip flops,
one right after the other. Well, this one night
we are in the World Bank, the three of us,
sittin' up in an office, boozin' and havin' a few
laughs and we ran out of dough
so I went out to get some.
I come back, open the door
And there's Shaha and
Dubya talking World Domination
-without me...
Paul:
Well, I was in such a state of shock, I completely blacked out.
I can't remember a thing. It wasn't until later, when I was
reading my own Board notes, I even knew she'd gotten a raise.
All:
They had it coming
They had it coming
They had it coming all along.
I didn't do it
But if I'd done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?
Bush:
I love Gonzalez, Wolfowitz
More than I can possibly say.
They are real fantastic guys...
Sensitive...they're pardners.
But they've been troubled.
They're always trying
to find themselves.
They go out every night
looking for themselves
and along the way
they find Ruth,
the truth,
Rosemary and Thyme.
Bush:
I guess you can say we'll break up because of artistic differences.
They see themselves as alive
and I see them dead.
Bush:
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
All:
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
All along
'Cause if they used us
And they abused us
How could you tell us
That we were wrong?
All:
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had
Himself
To blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha
You would
Have done
The same!
Dick:
You pop that gun one more time!
Rummy:
Troop surge my ass.
Karl:
Ten times!
Gonzo:
UH-UH
Paul:
The World Bank - the big promotion.
Dick:
Artistic differences.
All:
I betcha you would have done the same!
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a! ha! Good one, Lis!
May 29, 2009 12:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well they had it comin' butyou got it comin tooo:
I hereby render unto you the Knightly Poem of the Day Award for this here TPMCafe site, given from all of me to all of you.
See, I get to come back to this three of four times. HA!!
May 29, 2009 12:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
I am honored, Sir Wizard/Knight/Dickon/DD/er,
Heh.
*blushing*
May 29, 2009 12:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
ROTFLMTO. Very good. Especially having just heard the song.
May 29, 2009 12:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is classic, nice job.
May 29, 2009 12:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
The BushCon was a parody of the Peter Principle - how to fail upwards.
Thanks for the poem LisB. Poetry IS political!
May 29, 2009 12:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you, Rowan. And yeah, Dylan, amongst others, taught us that.
May 29, 2009 12:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
. . . ?
~OGD~
May 29, 2009 1:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent, LisB. A singalong with bite = exactly right.
May 29, 2009 7:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
This was a very, very cool parody, LisB!
May 29, 2009 8:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, all! I had fun writing it. And I love Chicago.
May 29, 2009 9:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
Are you in Chicago? Yes, great city! I love it more than NY City! Very friendly folks. You get lost in Chicago, people care. It's happened to me on 3 occasions!
May 29, 2009 6:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, I'm in NY, lol...
But I love the musical Chicago, and I would love to visit the city of Chicago. I passed through all too quickly via interstate on my way to California back in '89.
May 29, 2009 6:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, you can see how out of touch I am! I didn't know there was such a musical. It's a wonder I can stay up to date on politics. But I do my best...
I hope you really get to spend enough time in Chicago to get lost. And to have the experience of a kind stranger help you find you way. :)
May 29, 2009 8:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Me too.
May 29, 2009 8:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lis, that is great! I can hear those women clingin' to those bars, singin' against these men. Love that image!
May 29, 2009 7:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, Ramona! The video's awesome, the film, the choreography, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweiger (spellink?).....the movie rawks.
May 29, 2009 7:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lis, this is Soooooooooo Good!
You are amazing! It should go viral. If only people kept up on the news, more folks would (outside TPM of course) would realize what an ingenious tour de force this is!
Stupendous, my dear! :-)
May 29, 2009 9:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why not send this to Versus? I bet they might take it up and record it. Their addy: http://versusplus.com/index.htm
May 29, 2009 9:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wonderful and fun to sing a long with the tune in my head...........great job!
May 29, 2009 10:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
Nice.
People seem to have stopped commenting entirely on my stuff, so I guess I'll just comment on yours rather than post anything new. It's time better spent, anyway. ;)
May 29, 2009 11:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
LOL, thanks! Yeah you were really on a roll yesterday. Gave us so much to read we stopped reading, heh heh heh...
I appreciate the kind words, Doc.
May 29, 2009 12:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is just AWESOME, Lis! I'm sitting grinning to myself (pretending to be) working in a café, and now everyone thinks I'm nuts!! I'm gonna start singing in a bit, trying...to...hold...back...
MERCI BEAUCOUP!! HAHAHA
May 29, 2009 12:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL! Sing away, Pug!
May 29, 2009 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, this should be published and/or recorded.
May 29, 2009 1:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
You gave us the old Razzle-Dazzle!
Thanks! (I love "Chicago" too!)
May 29, 2009 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Best one lately Lis. Hope you don't mind if I cut and paste to my journal for posterity. I'll make sure your name is there as the author.
May 29, 2009 3:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't mind at all -- I'm very flattered. Thanks!
May 29, 2009 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can't wait for the music video on this one...
May 29, 2009 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Heh, thanks!
May 29, 2009 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Impressive,Lis! I didn't know you were a poet, too. And yes! Why not record it?
May 29, 2009 5:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, Fala! I wish I knew how to record it, it would be fun to do but I'm not at all tech-savvy.
May 29, 2009 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Pretty F'in awesome
May 29, 2009 10:55 PM | Reply | Permalink