Buds Won't Bud
(Sung to the Harold Arlen tune "Buds Won't Bud")

Buds won't bud, leaves re-leave,
   shoots won't shoot.
Roots won't even start to root –
Why'd you try that Bush again?

Bark won't bark, boughs won't bough,
   stems won't stem.
Crème won't crème de la crème, nohow –
Why'd you try that Bush again?

A recount is no accounting,
When The Court counts recounts out –

So marks must mark, chads must punch.
We can't afford to be out to lunch,
Nor afford that Bush again.

Music by Harold Arlen
Original Lyric by Yip Harburg
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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7/6/04