Editor’s note: with Rob’s permission I will play this LIVE on Hot Off The Press on WDEV AM 550, FM 96.1 and radiovermont.com at 11:05 today and will be singing along on the chorus and I invite YOU TO DO LIKEWISE! C’mon Commuter Choir, let’s be heard all the way down to Montpelier!
by Rob Roper
Inspired by Brian Dubie (“Former Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie pens protest song targeting Act 181,” April 14), I thought I’d try my hand songwriting. Thanks to my AI bandmates for for writing the music. Gotta say it was fun! Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along!
Weekend Special: “Come Down to Montpelier”
Come Down To Montpelier
Oh, come down to Montpelier
That political morass
You can always tell the Lefties
Cuz the press gives them a pass
They’ve got both hands in your wallet
And their heads right up their….
The winters here are chilly.
Vermont gets mighty cold.
But the Lefties in Montpelier
Passed a tax to heat your home!
They’ll add another buck or four
To every gallon that you need.
They really do not give a damn
If you up and freeze.
We can’t afford to live here.
They’re raising taxes to the sky.
We can’t afford to pay the rent.
We can’t afford to buy.
But if you try to build a house
The Lefties will say NO.
A home just adds to climate change.
Go live out in the snow.
Our healthcare’s too expensive,
The homeless run amok.
Our roads and bridges crumbling,
They banned our cars and trucks.
Criminals run rampant,
The Lefties shift the blame,
To good citizens like you and me,
It’s just a crying shame.
(Chorus)
Oh, come down to Montpelier
That political morass
You can always tell the Lefties
Cuz the press gives them a pass
They’ve got both hands in your wallet
And their heads right up their….
Yeah, the Lefties in Montpelier
Say they want to save the world.
Say always follow science,
But can’t tell a boy from girl.
Can’t learn electric busses
Don’t work in frigid climes.
Or if you stop enforcing laws
It just increases crime.
Now, the Lefties in Montpelier
Are ruining our schools.
The kids are trashing classrooms,
They’re not enforcing any rules.
Instead of teaching kids to read
And how to do their math.
They learn we’re all just racists
Filled with homophobic wrath.
The Lefties in Montpelier
Made Vermont a total mess,
How they make it any worse
is anybody’s guess.
But even though their failures
Don’t deserve the slightest praise,
These arrogant lawmakers
Want to vote themselves a raise.
(Chorus)
Oh, come down to Montpelier
That political morass
You can always tell the Lefties
Cuz the press gives them a pass
They’ve got both hands in your wallet
And their heads right up their….
For the Lefties in Montpelier
We’ve only got ourselves to blame.
The fact we keep on voting
For these clowns is just a shame.
But we have got another chance
In twenty twenty-six.
To vote for someone else,
And finally make a fix!
(Chorus)
Oh, come down to Montpelier
That political morass
You can always tell the Lefties
Cuz the press gives them a pass
They’ve got both hands in your wallet
And their heads… right… up… their… ass.