Biography:
Roy Zimmerman is a guitarist/songwriter/satirist who founded the Southern California folk quartet The Foremen. The quartet pulled off the remarkable feat of performing at the national conventions of both major American political parties in 1996. The Foremen continued on for a short time after Zimmerman went on to become a solo act, writing and performing topical songs on subjects ranging from Martha Stewart to supermodels to television to religious fundamentalism to the state of the country and the world.
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[Verse]
E
On my way in here tonight
G#m A
I bruised my nose hugging a tree.
F#m Dmaj7
I was late ‘cause I had to stop by on my way in San Quentin
E
to set a criminal free.
G#m G#
And I ran out on seven-grain bee-pollen macrobiotic organic sustainable medical marijuana
A
for my jerky knee.
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m
to be a liberal?
B
Well, do ya?
E G#m
I had to learn to speak French, Spanish, Hindi, and dolphin
A
just so I could relate.
F#m
I’m exhausted from taxing and spending,
and controlling the media, and hiding my agenda,
Dmaj7 E
and ruling San Francisco as a separatist nation-state.
G#m
And in yoga today, I got bent out of shape
G#
‘cause the guy doing bow-pulling pulls in front of me was intolerant
A
which I hate!
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m
to be a liberal?
B
Well, do ya?
G
Constantly feeding the hungry
C
and bleeding my heart
and exceeding my budget
Fmaj7
and needing approval
and reading The Nation
A# D
and leading a sing-along — EVERYBODY!
(No wait, that was just an impulse. Sorry.)
D A
E
I was shootin’ hoops with some brothas
G#m
when I sprained my ba-donka-donk
A
and ya know that ain’t chill.
F#m
I saved an endangered snail-darter
from being eaten by an endangered spotted owl
F#m
which I saved from being eaten by an endangered snow-leopard
Dmaj7
which I saved from being shot by a poacher
E
who I had to kill — (with kindness. It took a while.)
G#m
And I hit a speed bump and I spilled my chi-latte all over the hemp-covered seats of my Prius
and the speed-bump
turned out to be a homeless Native American
F#m
so I apologized and gave him some land,
I stomped out his cigarette and took away his gun and shot myself in the nuts on my way to
G# A
my frivolous lawsuit for sexual harassment where I was suing myself ‘cause I masturbated — against my will!
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m
to be me?
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m A B
just to be a knee-jerk liberal?
F#m
What I wouldn’t give
A B E
to be a circle-jerk conservative!
E
On my way in here tonight
G#m A
I bruised my nose hugging a tree.
F#m Dmaj7
I was late ‘cause I had to stop by on my way in San Quentin
E
to set a criminal free.
G#m G#
And I ran out on seven-grain bee-pollen macrobiotic organic sustainable medical marijuana
A
for my jerky knee.
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m
to be a liberal?
B
Well, do ya?
E G#m
I had to learn to speak French, Spanish, Hindi, and dolphin
A
just so I could relate.
F#m
I’m exhausted from taxing and spending,
and controlling the media, and hiding my agenda,
Dmaj7 E
and ruling San Francisco as a separatist nation-state.
G#m
And in yoga today, I got bent out of shape
G#
‘cause the guy doing bow-pulling pulls in front of me was intolerant
A
which I hate!
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m
to be a liberal?
B
Well, do ya?
G
Constantly feeding the hungry
C
and bleeding my heart
and exceeding my budget
Fmaj7
and needing approval
and reading The Nation
A# D
and leading a sing-along — EVERYBODY!
(No wait, that was just an impulse. Sorry.)
D A
E
I was shootin’ hoops with some brothas
G#m
when I sprained my ba-donka-donk
A
and ya know that ain’t chill.
F#m
I saved an endangered snail-darter
from being eaten by an endangered spotted owl
F#m
which I saved from being eaten by an endangered snow-leopard
Dmaj7
which I saved from being shot by a poacher
E
who I had to kill — (with kindness. It took a while.)
G#m
And I hit a speed bump and I spilled my chi-latte all over the hemp-covered seats of my Prius
and the speed-bump
turned out to be a homeless Native American
F#m
so I apologized and gave him some land,
I stomped out his cigarette and took away his gun and shot myself in the nuts on my way to
G# A
my frivolous lawsuit for sexual harassment where I was suing myself ‘cause I masturbated — against my will!
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m
to be me?
E F#m G#m
Do you know how hard it is
F#m A B
just to be a knee-jerk liberal?
F#m
What I wouldn’t give
A B E
to be a circle-jerk conservative!
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