"Love Me I'm A Liberal" by Phil Ochs [Updated 8 April 2021]
Channel: Mitnerd36
Date: 2021-04-16

Recorded on stream 8 April 2021
"Love Me I'm A Liberal" by Phil Ochs
Updated/Adapted by Jacob Minter


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I cried when they shot Tamir Rice
Tears ran down my smartphone
I raged at Breonna Taylor's murder
As it played on the corporate news shows
But we need that big bounty on Assata
She's a criminal, everyone knows
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


I support the BLM marches
Just don't be unfair to the cops
I'll take a knee with dear Colin
At least 'til the complaining stops
But I don't use the word "abolition"
"Reform is good, "Defund" is not
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


I cheered when Joe Biden won it
My faith in the system restored
Now life can all go back to normal
The empire's not evil anymore
And we'll acknowledge marginalized people
As long as they don't move next door
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


I don't hate the south they're just stupid
You can tell by their accents and ways
The workers, the black and the brown folks
If they'd all just vote Dem they'd be saved
and if you tell me "y'all" is inclusive
I go into a white-hot rage
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


I think that good healthcare is needed
It isn't just meant for rich snobs
Citizens all should afford it
And right now we're all getting robbed
But don't you dare say "Single Payer"
We'd lose all those insurance jobs
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


I read the New York Times and WaPo
Get my China news from BBC
I don't understand Breitbart readers
But Fox News can make sense to me
You poor fools getting your news from Facebook
What's wrong, don't you own a TV
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


I read D'angelo and Kendi
So I know the right phrases and tact
I've read Stokely - oops - Kwama Ture
At this point I'm practically black
But I stop reading at "reparations"
I'm not giving my heritage back
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


Don't talk about Israel or Palestine
The very words give me a scare
They've got lots of terrorist problems
So the word "apartheid" isn't fair
But since we already moved the embassy
We might as well just leave it there
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™


Once I was young and impulsive
Sought justice and action and clout
I went to the Socialist meetings
Fought hate from the left with no doubt
But now I've grown older and wiser
That's why I'm ratting them out
So Love Me(x3), I'm a Liberal™