I’m glad that Alex Christaforu got some laughs from The Naked Capitalism Songbook. Some of the ones that I posted that were my favorites didn’t make it into the book, so since he’s commenting on Ukraine, I thought I’d repost one I did a year ago:
As Zelensky realizes he’s been suckered in, WAY over his head, I can imagine him singing the song of his sad tale – to the melody of “Lola” by The Kinks – the tale of a boy who hooks up with someone who isn’t what he was expecting…:
I met them at a banquet up in Brussels town
Where you eat mignon with a golden brown
Baked potato
T…A…T…O, ‘tato
They walked up to me, and they asked me to dance
I asked for their name and in a voice of romance
They said, “NA-TO”
N…A…T…O, NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Well. I’m not the world’s most physical guy
So when they said I might join, it brought a tear to my eye
Oh my NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Well, I’m not dumb but I didn’t understand
Why they’d encourage a war but wouldn’t send us a man
Oh my NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Well, they bought champagne and we drank all night
Under electric candlelight
They picked me up and sat me on their knee
And said, “Little boy, let’s go make History!”
Well, I’m not the world’s most passionate guy
But when I looked in their eyes
I almost fell
For my NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Na na na na, NATO
NATO I
Na na na na, NATO
Na na na na, NATO
I pushed them away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at them
And they at me
Well, that’s the way that we started to play
And I guess it’s just gonna be this way
With my NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Into a proxy war I was hurled
It’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world,
In bed with NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Well, I left Kiev just a week before
And I’d never ever seen Kinetic War
But NATO smiled and took me by the hand
And said, “Dear boy, we’re gonna make you a man!”
Well, I’m not the world’s most intelligent man
But now I know I’m just a pawn, I’m a sacrificial lamb
To my NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Na na na na, NATO
NATO
Na na na na, NATO
Na na na na, NATO