You Cant Be Satirical And Not Be

I'm Not Tempted To Write A Song About George W.bush. I Couldn't Figure Out What Sort Of Song I Would Write. That's The Problem: I Don't Want To Satirise George Bush And His Puppeteers, I Want To Vaporise Them. And That's Not Funny.

Things Are Much More Complicated. Feminism Versus Pornography, For Example. There Are A Lot Of Feminists Who Think It Is Bad, But Others Think It's Good. I Have Become, You Might Call It Mature - I Would Call It Senile - And I Can See Both Sides. But You Can't Write A Satirical Song With 'but On The Other Hand' In It, Or 'however'. It's Got To Be One-sided.

Once All The Germans Were Warlike And Mean But That Couldn't Happen Again We Taught Them A Lesson In Nineteen Eighteen And They've Hardly Bothered Us Since Then

When You Attend A Funeral, It Is Sad To Think That Sooner O' Later Those You Love Will Do The Same For You. And You May Have Thought It Tragic, Not To Mention Other Adjec- Tives, To Think Of All The Weeping They Will Do. (but Don't You Worry.

If I See A Movie Star In The Department Store Buying Something, I'll Kind Of Sidle Up And See What They're Saying, What They Look Like, How They Sound. That's An Invasion Of Privacy.