{"id":1541,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/hey-ronnie-reagan"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"hey-ronnie-reagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/hey-ronnie-reagan\/","title":{"rendered":"HEY RONNIE REAGAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

I remember the show twenty one years ago,
\nWhen John Kennedy paid us a visit
\nNow the worlds rearranged – not improved only changed,
\nBut our heart’s in the same place – or is it?<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nHey Ronnie Reagan, I’m black and I’m pagan,
\nI’m gay and I’m left and I’m free.
\nI’m a non-fundamentalist environmentalist,
\nPlease don’t bother me.<\/p>\n

You’re so cool, playing poker with death as the joker,
\nYou’ve nerve but you don’t reassure us
\nWith those paranoid vistas of mad Sandinistas:
\nAre you really defending Honduras?
\nWe can dig shelter holes when we’ve bartered our souls,
\nFor Pershing and Cruise we can shovel,
\nWhile the myth of our dreams turns to nightmares, it seems:
\nFrom the White House straight back to the hovel.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

You’ll be wearing the green down at Ballyporeen.
\nThe town of the little potato;
\nPut your arms around Garret and dangle your carrot.
\nBut you’ll never get me to join NATO.
\nI’ve watched you for years amongst laughter
\nAnd tears as you act out your games of deception
\nAnd despite what you see there’s no welcome from me
\nAnd I firmly oppose your reception<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Now the Irish dimension has won your attention
\nI’m askin’ myself what’s your game:
\nDo your eyes share the tears of our last fifteen years
\nOr is that just a vote-catchers gleam?
\nYour dollars may beckon, but I think we should reckon,
\nHe cost of accepting your gold;
\nIf you get your way, what a price we must pay.
\nWhat’s left if our freedom is sold?<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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