28 JULY 03

Elizabeth is out with her godmother, Bree, today. Bree is a professional cat sitter / dog walker with her own business, Claws and Paws. She’s great with furry beasties. And E loves going with her to feed the little critturs. Otherwise:

Feeling over worked and bleak.

Came across this in my lyrics collection.

It made me laugh, because it was written by the Pheromones back in 1989. So I thought it might be of some interest.
Goes to show just how little the world has changed… The tune is a modified Irish Reel – sing songy, kind of surgy, and very silly – the arrangement being a guitar, squeezebox and vocals.

Dance with the Young Republicans
by Al and Jimmy Pheromone

Let me tell you all a story about a modern master race
That eats industrial food and raise their kids on atomic waste
They’re as tough as they come and when they’re young
They play with guns and bombs
Disemboweling bad guys with the endorsements of their moms.
In high school they play football to the atonement of their minds
- to the sound of cracking ribs and the splintering of spines.
In college they pay time for their tops to be refined -
Then gathering in hordes to hear the wisdom of Holy George!

And we’ll lift our heads high
And Dance with the Young Republicans
We’ll tighten our neckties
And Dance with the Young Republicans

They’re not great businessmen suited in starchy etiquette
Just passion minded youngsters who look great in leatherette
And sport the latest colour, as long as it isn’t red
They look so natural in khaki pants and a brown shirt instead.
Well I guess the social thinking of the army has a bond -
You’ve got to admit there’s something about a man in uniform.
The best part of this trend is you don’t have to spend
A part of your lives having to serve
When you’re in the fashion reserve!

And we’ll lift our heads high
And Dance with the Young Republicans
We’ll tighten our neckties
And Dance with the Young Republicans

She can drink and smoke and vote and has a place out with the boys
Her goal is to control the things the privileged class enjoys.
And motherhood will follow a career with equal pay,
She doesn’t think her drinking buddies would take it all away.
But the rights that she’s embraced were won by people she’d despise
And opposed by those who top the list of men she’d idolise.
And if she had nothing to lose, I guess I’d understand
She’s just a political reactionary of THE FATHERLAND!

And we’ll lift our heads high
And Dance with the Young Republicans
We’ll tighten our neckties
And Dance with the Young Republicans

And we’ll lift our heads high
And Dance with the Young Republicans
We’ll tighten our neckties
And Dance with the Young Republicans

YO!