The Australian Labor Party’s Pitch to Youth

 

My second election song, performed on ABC Local Radio Brisbane on 25 October 2007, written shortly after I had seen Peter Combe in concert at The Zoo in Brisbane.

 

Link to ABC website: http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s2070487.htm

 

Chorus:

Oh, we’re the Labor Party

and we’re ready for election day

and we’ll do a better job than the other mob

‘cause we’re different in every way,

 

except...

 

1. we’re economically conservative (we’re economically conservative)

but apart from that, we’re different in every way.

 

2. we’re economically conservative (we’re economically conservative)

we give lots and lots of tax cuts (we give lots and lots of tax cuts)

but apart from that, we’re different in every way.

 

3. we’re economically conservative (we’re economically conservative)

we give lots and lots of tax cuts (we give lots and lots of tax cuts)

we put a pulp mill in Tasmania (we put a pulp mill in Tasmania)

but apart from that, we’re different in every way.

 

4. we’re economically conservative (we’re economically conservative)

we give lots and lots of tax cuts (we give lots and lots of tax cuts)

we put a pulp mill in Tasmania (we put a pulp mill in Tasmania)

we intervene in Aboriginal communities (we intervene in Aboriginal communities)

but apart from that, we’re different in every way.

 

5. we’re economically conservative (we’re economically conservative)

we give lots and lots of tax cuts (we give lots and lots of tax cuts)

we put a pulp mill in Tasmania (we put a pulp mill in Tasmania)

we intervene in Aboriginal communities (we intervene in Aboriginal communities)

we take over all the hospitals (we take over all the hospitals)

but apart from that, we’re different in every way.

 

6. we’re economically conservative (we’re economically conservative)

we give lots and lots of tax cuts (we give lots and lots of tax cuts)

we put a pulp mill in Tasmania (we put a pulp mill in Tasmania)

we intervene in Aboriginal communities (we intervene in Aboriginal communities)

we take over all the hospitals (we take over all the hospitals)

we cut university funding (we cut university funding)

we deport Indian doctors (we deport Indian doctors)

we meet Brian Burke for breakfast (we meet Brian Burke for breakfast)

we’re hated by Mark Latham (we’re hated by Mark Latham)

we suck up to America (we suck up to America)

we behave like kids in parliament (we behave like kids in parliament)

we censor ABC broadcasts

 

(song is interrupted by Daniel’s phone ringing)

 

Hello? ... Oh, Mr Hawke, how are you? ... What do you mean you don’t censor? What about that Four Corners thing up in Papua? ... you did! ... oh, you so did! ... Well, what are you going to do about it? ... (suddenly quiet) oh! okay, I’ll fix it, just leave it with me.

 

Sorry about that.

 

we censor biased broadcasts

but apart from that, we’re different in every way.

 

Oh, we’re the Labor Party

and despite our previous claim

to do a better job than the other mob

we’re basically the same.

 

 

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