I found Roy on Pharyngula recently. He’s a satirical musician, who does some great songs making fun of many topics, from stereotypes about Liberals, Creationism, Political Correctness, and more…
The following video is the one that PZ posted on his blog, and certainly my favorite (of the ones I have listened to so far).
On my way in here tonight
I bruised my nose hugging a tree.
I was late ‘cause I had to stop by on my way in San Quentin
to set a criminal free.
And I ran out on seven-grain bee-pollen macrobiotic organic sustainable medical marijuana
for my jerky knee.
Do you know how hard it is
to be a liberal?
Well, do ya?
I had to learn to speak French, Spanish, Hindi, and dolphin
just so I could relate.
I’m exhausted from taxing and spending,
and controlling the media, and hiding my agenda,
and ruling San Francisco as a separatist nation-state.
And in yoga today, I got bent out of shape
‘cause the guy doing bow-pulling pulls in front of me was intolerant
which I hate!
Do you know how hard it is
to be a liberal?
Well, do ya?
Constantly feeding the hungry
and bleeding my heart
and exceeding my budget
and needing approval
and reading The Nation
and leading a sing-along — EVERYBODY!
(No wait, that was just an impulse. Sorry.)
I was shootin’ hoops with some brothas
when I sprained my ba-donka-donk
and ya know that ain’t chill.
I saved an endangered snail-darter
from being eaten by an endangered spotted owl
which I saved from being eaten by an endangered snow-leopard
which I saved from being shot by a poacher
who I had to kill — (with kindness. It took a while.)
And I hit a speed bump and I spilled my chi-latte all over the hemp-covered seats of my Prius and the speed-bump turned out to be a homeless Native American so I apologized and gave him some land, I stomped out his cigarette and took away his gun and shot myself in the nuts on my way to my frivolous lawsuit for sexual harassment where I was suing myself ‘cause I masturbated — against my will!
Do you know how hard it is
to be me?
Do you know how hard it is
just to be a knee-jerk liberal?
What I wouldn’t give
to be a circle-jerk conservative!
I’d also highly recommend “Is America Ready“.
For more information on Roy Zimmerman check out his page on YouTube, or his site (http://www.royzimmerman.com/).
Rodibidably 
To Be a Liberal
Roy Zimmerman
from Thanks For the Support
On my way in here tonight
I bruised my nose hugging a tree.
I was late ‘cause I had to stop by on my way in San Quentin
to set a criminal free.
And I ran out on seven-grain bee-pollen macrobiotic organic sustainable medical marijuana
for my jerky knee.
Do you know how hard it is
to be a liberal?
Well, do ya?
I had to learn to speak French, Spanish, Hindi, and dolphin
just so I could relate.
I’m exhausted from taxing and spending,
and controlling the media, and hiding my agenda,
and ruling San Francisco as a separatist nation-state.
And in yoga today, I got bent out of shape
‘cause the guy doing bow-pulling pulls in front of me was intolerant
which I hate!
Do you know how hard it is
to be a liberal?
Well, do ya?
Constantly feeding the hungry
and bleeding my heart
and exceeding my budget
and needing approval
and reading The Nation
and leading a sing-along — EVERYBODY!
(No wait, that was just an impulse. Sorry.)
I was shootin’ hoops with some brothas
when I sprained my ba-donka-donk
and ya know that ain’t chill.
I saved an endangered snail-darter
from being eaten by an endangered spotted owl
which I saved from being eaten by an endangered snow-leopard
which I saved from being shot by a poacher
who I had to kill — (with kindness. It took a while.)
And I hit a speed bump and I spilled my chi-latte all over the hemp-covered seats of my Prius and the speed-bump turned out to be a homeless Native American so I apologized and gave him some land, I stomped out his cigarette and took away his gun and shot myself in the nuts on my way to my frivolous lawsuit for sexual harassment where I was suing myself ‘cause I masturbated — against my will!
Do you know how hard it is
to be me?
Do you know how hard it is
just to be a knee-jerk liberal?
What I wouldn’t give
to be a circle-jerk conservative!
Josh,
Thank you very much. I had search high and low (ok, all I did was type in roy zimmerman to be a liberal lyrics into google) and had no luck.
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Miriam
That sums it up!
I laugh every time I listen to this song, no matter how many times I’ve heard it before… Roy Zimmerman rocks!!!
Brilliant song. Song is tuned to D# standard and in the key of D#. Here are the chords presented as though it were in E standard though (so you don’t have to transpose each chord a half step):
Verse (plays through twice):
E, G#m, A (022100, 466444, 577655)
F#m, Dmaj7, E (244222, xx0222, 022100)
G#m, G#, A (466444, 466544, 577655)
E, F#m, G#m, F#m, B (022100, 244222, 466444, 244222, 224442)
Singalong:
G, C, Fmaj7, A#, D (320003, 032010, x03210, 113331, 200232)
D, A (200232, 002220) <-transition back to verse.
Verse ending variation:
(E, F#m, G#m, F#m, A, B) x2
E, F#m, G#m, F#m
F#m, A, B, E