I think the (slightly belated) occasion of the passing of the vile, venal and despicable former Senator from North Carolina calls for a song. A raucous, celebratory, insulting, ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead kind of song. With a tuba. A song called:
The Senator Goes To Hell
Click play to hear the song -- full lyrics after the jump!
The Senator Goes To Hell by Devon Copley and Alex Wong
There was a river of limousines, politicians and men of industry, second wives; church bells chiming noon
They took the coffin up the marble stair past the statue of his incumbancy, like a shrine to the crimes he's done
Every dignitary here has either feared or paid him well He was no ordinary man but just as well: THE SENATOR GOES TO HELL
They had a writer on Air Force Two the Vice President read his eulogy drape the flag over rags and bones
He said: He was a patriotic man! The very model of southern dignity! Unafraid to call a spade a spade!
And you could say he brought the bacon home to feed his clientele He would have sold his soul if he had one to sell THE SENATOR GOES TO HELL
And no matter how deep they bury him, he's gonna smell THE SENATOR GOES TO HELL
Hope you like! OK, if you really want to know, we actually wrote this song for Strom Thurmond, but hey, it works either way. In case anyone is curious this song is available under a Creative Commons non-commercial license, so feel free to copy and distribute. You can download the song directly here. For more (mostly non-political) music, visit The Animators' website.