Bush's new theme song: "Like a Rock"

My deepest apologies to Bob Seger and any Bob Seger fans out there...

Hopefully Bob would not be too mad...

According to this site, he appeared onstage with Michael Dukakis in his 1988 Michigan campaign appearances.

enjoy...

Like A Rock

Stood there boldly
Sweatin' in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
Mission Accomplished
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock

I was popular
Didn't have a care
Shilling for billionaires
But not a dime to share
And I was leaving
Messes everywhere
Like Iraq

My mind was empty
My eyes were clear and bright
My talk had purpose
My BS machine was tight
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like Iraq

Like Iraq, I was wrong as I could be
In my bubble, nothin' ever got to me
But through the floorboards went my popularity
Like a rock

And I told my lies straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of logic or reality
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams

Five years now
Where'd my supporters go?
Five years
I don't know
Sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone

And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
Death comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall
I Recall...

Like a rock. standin arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Using people's fear and hate
To get Iraq

Like a rock, the sun upon my sin
The Constitution, twisting in the wind
Like a rock, I am sinking again
Like a rock

...

•  jar

  tips, comments, flames gladly accepted...

  by racerx on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:38:29 PM PDT

  •  as someone who does parodies time and again...

    Oh man, I love this :D  LOL

    by jpfdeuce on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:41:33 PM PDT

    •  thanks n/t

      by racerx on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:58:11 PM PDT

  •  well done

    tying the the parody together with the background. kudos.

    by carneasadaburrito on Wed May 31, 2006 at 01:08:33 PM PDT

•  Never mind Bob Seger

  I'm pissed that you put that song in my head. Even if it is funny.

  by blueteam on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:44:27 PM PDT

  •  sorry!

    I hate it when that happens.

    by racerx on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:48:54 PM PDT

  •  Can't stop thinking about Chevy trucks!

    by Skid on Wed May 31, 2006 at 02:13:25 PM PDT

•  Or how about this?

  (Paul Simon)

  When I was a little boy
  And the Daddy would call my name
  I'd say "now who do ...
  Who do you think you're fooling?"
  I'm a consecrated boy
  Singer in a Sunday choir
  My mama loves, she loves me
  She gets down on her knees and hugs me
  She loves me like a rock
  She rocks me like the rock of ages
  And she loves me

  When I was grown to be a man
  And the Daddy would call my name
  I'd say "now who do . ..
  Who do you think you're fooling?"
  I'm a consummated man
  I can snatch a little purity
  My mama loves me, she loves me
  She gets down on her knees and hugs me
  She loves me like a rock
  She rocks me like the rock of ages
  And she loves me

  If I was President
  And the Congress call my name
  I'd say "who do ...
  Who do you think you're fooling?"
  I've got the Presidential Seal
  I'm up on the Presidential Podium
  My mama loves me

  She loves me

  She gets down on her knees and hugs me
  And she loves me like a rock
  She rocks me like the rock of ages
  And she loves me
  She loves me, loves me, loves me, loves me

  (apologies to Paul Simon for changing two words...but it might explain the Chimp a bit better.)

  by Crisis Corps Volunteer on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:46:41 PM PDT

  •  Yes!

    Actually I thought the whole diary would be based on this song.    Here's it's companion:

    American Tune
    Words & music by Paul Simon

    Many's the time I've been mistaken
    And many times confusedYes, and I've often felt forsaken
    And certainly misused
    Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright
    I'm just weary to my bones
    Still, you don't expect to be
    Bright and bon vivant
    So far a-way from home, so far away from home

    And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
    I don't have a friend who feels at ease
    I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
    or driven to its kneesbut it's alright, it's alright
    for we lived so well so long
    Still, when I think of the
    road we're traveling on
    I wonder what's gone wrong
    I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong

    And I dreamed I was dying
    I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
    And looking back down at me
    Smiled reassuringly
    And I dreamed I was flying
    And high up above my eyes could clearly see
    The Statue of Liberty
    Sailing away to seaAnd I dreamed I was flying

    We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
    We come on the ship that sailed the moon
    We come in the age's most uncertain hours
    and sing an American tune
    Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
    You can't be forever blessed
    Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
    And I'm trying to get some rest
    That's all I'm trying to get some rest

    by lgmcp on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:51:44 PM PDT

•  So funny!

  You should send this to JibJab. And although I hate to recommend Chris Matthews, he did have a funny video montage of Bush and Blair singing "Endless Love" to each other this week.

  by highfive on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:51:34 PM PDT

  •  Matthews

    I think he smells death on the R's and is trying to position himself back towards the center. Rats from the sinking ship and all that.

    He can go to hell.

    by racerx on Wed May 31, 2006 at 01:01:58 PM PDT

•  I thought...

  it was "Head Like A Hole". And you don't even need to change the words on that one.

  by modchick65 on Wed May 31, 2006 at 12:54:19 PM PDT

•  That's odd...

  I always thought the only thing missing from this ridiculous ad was Bob Seger, but this version definitely puts an interesting spin on things

  by Earwicker on Wed May 31, 2006 at 01:23:29 PM PDT

  •  Dumb as a rock

    And the "Congressional Leaders" the ad mentions aren't too happy about being tied to "the rock" either.

    That's why we have to tie "the rock" around their necks every chance we get.

    Photoshop them into the same picture with Mr 29% and make posters!

    by racerx on Wed May 31, 2006 at 01:36:29 PM PDT

•  W: Like a Rock, Only Dumber

  by Rhonda on Wed May 31, 2006 at 01:59:48 PM PDT