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Heres To The State Of Richard Nixon
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Phil Ochs
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Here's to the State of Richard Nixon
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Phil Ochs
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Written by Phil Ochs
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- This song is a rewrite of his earlier song "Here's to the State of Mississippi"
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Here's to the State of Richard Nixon
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For underneath his borders the devil draws the line
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If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will find
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And the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes
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And the calendar is lyin' when it reads the present time
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Richard Nixon, find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the schools of Richard Nixon
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Where they're teachin' all the children they don't have to care
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All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
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And every single classroom is a factory of despair
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Oh, there's nobody learnin' such a foreign word as "fair"
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Richard Nixon, find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the laws of Richard Nixon
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Where the wars are fought in secret, Pearl Harbor every day
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He punishes with income tax that he don't have to pay
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And he's tapping his own brother just to hear what he would say
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But corruption can be classic in the Richard Nixon way
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Richard Nixon find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the churches of Richard Nixon and Billy Graham
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Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
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And the Sunday mornin' sermons pander to their lust
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All the fallen face of Jesus is chokin' in the dust
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And Heaven only knows in which God they can trust
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Richard Nixon find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the government of Richard Nixon
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In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always boggin' down
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And criminals are posing as advisors to the crown
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And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sound
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And the speeches of the President are the ravings of a clown
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Richard Nixon find yourself another country to be part of
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