Pollin'
To be sung with Ethel Merman to Cole Porter's
"Ridin' High"
(Life's great, life's grand, future all planned)

Big break, unplanned.
Checkmate, got panned.
Folks now know I'm a schmo –
How'm I pollin'?
I'm pollin' low.

Flew to Iraq.
Who cares I'm back?
No more oil I can filch.
How'm I pollin'?
I'm pollin' zilch.

Hoping for an OPEC ceiling –
Groping with Congress double-dealing –
Moping with a sinking feeling
That I'm mishap-happy,
And dumb as Pappy.

Oil wells, A-bombs,
Stem cells, greased palms,
All according to script –
How'm I pollin'?
I'm pollin' zip.

Music & Original Lyric by Cole Porter
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
6/27/06

To 'Bushie, The Lying Bastard'