Evangelical Girl

(Sung to the tune of Tom Petty's "American Girl")

Well she's an Evangelical girl
Raised in Waterloo
She couldn't stop talkin' 'bout
The fact that John Wayne (Gacy) was born there too

After all it is a great big world
With lots of people to lie to
Yeah, and if she had to keep lyin', she
Was gonna go for the top and not the V.P.

Bachmann, so uptight
She's a flake, baby
Chris Wallace was right
She's an Evangelical girl

The lies she tells are out of sight
Like she denies getting farm subsidies
But she could hear the Tea Party cry
At the DC rallies, and they needed a leading queen

And with Palin imploding
She just co-opted the new party
God it's so painful, the sound of that crazy voice
She's still so far out of touch

Bachmann, please don't lie
John Quincy Adams
Was not a founding guy
But she's an Evangelical girl

© Broadway Carl, 2011

This Happens Every Election Season

When will politicians who roll out their campaigns have the courtesy and respect to ask permission from a songwriter to use their creations legally?

Renowned rocker Tom Petty hit Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann with a cease-and-desist letter Monday following the congresswoman's decision to close out her campaign announcement to the tune of "American Girl," Rolling Stone reports.

And it always seems to happen to the Republican candidates, doesn't it? Don't they understand the implications of copyright infringement? Why are they not supporting the rule of law?