Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan has died

leaving a wife, a child to cry

you were one fine actor
a joke, a pistol in your eyes
 

did Nancy see this in your stars
did she hear it from the astrologers
he was the king of economics
feeding the full and starve the rest now
 

Chorus:
old Ronald Reagan
oh, how we'll miss you
rotting down to dust
 

old Ronald Reagan
have you forgotten
those people you called communists

should we collect your films now
their nitrate stock piles
throw a match and watch them burn
 

Bridge:
i don't relish in your death
the slanted light of your demise
you, the elegant reductionist

soviet union weak at bottom
but the red army was strong...strong
our-- poor-- can withstand your deficits
 

on to the death of the underclass
more--  peace-time rearmament......meant
can-- you-- justify this excess
 

Ronald Reagan has died
leaves half a country dry
he was the queen of voodoo-nomics
he never stuttered a single line

i remember when you bombed Kadafi
i remember "god bless" and "good night"
i-- can't recall a single day now
did we buy or sell to the Iranians?

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