END OF THE LINE (January 1)
(with apologies to Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick)
Must we vote for the last Democrat still standing?
(Dear me!)
Next candidate? Whoever “wins” a debate?
(Talk about being a bore!)
I don't think we can stand many more
All this waiting around
wond'ring who stands the slightest chance
If beating Trump is doomed in advance?
While we vote for the last Democrat
left standing
Start rehearsing the speech
conceding Trump's won a second term
and ana-lyze who is to blame
as we vote for the last Democrat
If she's too middle
will the hard lefties give a piddle?
A candidate who's not a bit socialist
will likely leave the lot of them pissed
Perhaps someone “down home”
like Joe Biden is our best hope
although at times
he's such a dope
Is he too goofy
or could he cope?
So though it's scary
we'll vote for the last Democrat
O-kay, it won't be Tulsi
Liz and Bernie? Tar-gets for tweets
And far too easy for Trump to defeat
but we will vote for the last Democrat
If he has billions
that doesn't mean that he's a villain
even the poor ones are, in the main, millionaires
Long as they're not Donald we do not care
By restricting who votes
GOP makes chance remote
that we can win
or ever come close
so it's more Trump shoved down our throat
I pre-dict disaster
instead of the last Democrat