Wal-Mart Song (Hate, Lies and Fear) raw version by Mr. Polgar

This song sprang to life as a response to the rise of the Tea Party movement as it stomped around the periphery of democracy, toting its guns and racking up hypocrisy after hypocrisy -- a coterie of mean-spirited, anti-democratic Koch-funded dopes whose "movement" is an astroturf operation at best. Really, the Tea Party is just the natural evolution of the modern racist Republican Party as it sheds any veneer of comity in its addiction to winning at any (and all) cost. Maybe one day I'll pick apart the thinly veiled references to John Roberts' bullshitting and Guantanamo and the co-opting of Jesus and the way the GOP dupes stupid white racists into propping up rich white racists no matter how much it hurts them, their families, their industries, their planet -- or the rest of us. Enjoy!

Lyrics:

The Wal-Mart Song (Hate, Lies and Fear)

Everybody hear the call there’s a rally on the Mall
We’re taking back America ’cos we don’t want to share it with ya
Friends and countrymen lend your ears and load your guns
We’ll take aim at our enemies that’s anyone who dares to disagree

I know why you shop at Wal-Mart
And why you conflate your bias with a bargain
Jesus saves but you’re wasteful and you’re craven
Spouting fear and lies and hate
In your brutish game

Everybody gather round we’ve got jackboots on the ground
In lockstep with the Constitution trampling on evolution
We’ve read the tea leaves and we know our founding fathers’ minds
And if you dare step out of line there’s plenty of prison space in Caribbean climes

No, you didn’t use the “N” word
But that doesn’t mean that you are not a racist
Jesus cries when he sees you waste your lives
Spewing fear and hate and lies
In his name

For goodness sake why can’t you take responsibility
You’ve got no shame, just shift the blame, but please don’t tread on me

Reds, Blacks, Browns, Invisibles just wait ’til it gets physical
We gild the laws then starve the states we build the walls then bar the gates
We’re not just hypocrites we’re here, we’re fear, get used to it
The balls and strikes are obvious when you’re out on the march with thugs like us

I know why you shop at Wal-Mart
You think God’s a-jingle-jangling in your pocket
Jesus saves despite this fool crusade
I can guess what he would say
About your goon parade

For goodness sake give me a break, you never even try
And when you’ve got everything that you want, you’re still dissatisfied
So you hate and fear and lie

Everybody heed the call ’cos the writing’s on the wall
They’ll overthrow the government but then that’s treason, isn’t it?
They say they’re patriots oh, no they’re not, they’re idiots
These second-fiddle minutemen their hour’s up let’s call time on them

I know why you shop at Wal-Mart
It’s an irony when life is cheap but living’s dear
Jesus weeps at the company you keep
And how easily you concede to hate, lies and fear

Hate, lies and fear
Hate, lies and fear
Hate, lies and fear