The lyrics below, with apologies to both Depeche Mode and the Y2K version of the Blues Brothers, come from Blind Willie Johnson's version of "John the Revelator". They have been changed to fit the current times
[call] Well who's that a-wailin'? [response] John the De-Regelator / Who's that a-wailin'? John the De-Regelator / Who's that a-wailin'? John the De-Regelator / Wailin' bout the Wall Street Woes // Tell me what's John a-claimin'? / Ask the De-Regelator / What's John a-sayin'? Ask the De-Regelator / What's John a-tellin'? Ask the De-Regelator / Says now he sees a need for regulation Now who art worthy, thousands cried holy / Bound for some, Son of Bush / Daughter of Wasilla, Sarah's not ready / He decieveth us, and gonna cost blood / Well what's John a-writin'? Ask the De-Regulator / What's John a-writin'? Ask the De-Regulator / What's John a-writin'? Ask the De-Regulator / A book about the Keating Five / John the De-Regulator, great advocator / Listens to all the lobbyists / And the fundamentals, Lord, the fundamentals / of the economy are strong
You all get the idea... Surely some blues band out there can record a take on this and get it up and running on You Tube before the weekend's over, right??If it wasn't all so tragic, it would be funny.Get fired up, get ready to go. We can't afford any more Republican deregulation.
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