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“The Mayor” is the fifth track of Rasputina’s 2004 album Frustration Plantation and the twelfth track of “A Radical Recital”.
On “A Radical Recital”, composer Melora Creager insists that the song is not about George W. Bush (the president at the time), which is a common fan interpretation, but abou...
Ooh, it's scrambled eggs what he says
He accuses me of treachery
Got the nine lies, got the wide eyes
Got a failing grade in chemistry
If you count back to the balcony
When all we saw was a mystery
Of a blonde-haired boy brought his mother joy
With his pedigree and family tree
Oh, lay it all out on a wicker couch
That you wove in a loony bin
Cut it out, it's a second-round bout
Not the way of a gentleman
Ah, give it up, get a job
Take a pill and leave me be
He's got a synapse lapse he don't think he has
But it's been proven empirically
"If they take something precious from me
I'm gonna take something precious from them. "
Oh now he's losing his constituency
We thought "Oh, this could never happen again."
If I take something precious from him
He try to take something precious from me
There's a battle in his head that he cannot win
There's a man that he could never be
Oh no
Way to go
He's the mayor
Oh, I'm quite tired of this lunatic
Why must we suffer 'cause the mayor's sick?
He say: "All abandon from this sinking ship."
And he's off on another trip
No, he don't care about environment
He has made this a shitty place
My interest rate shrinks at a rapid pace
Compounded daily on my worried face
"If they take something precious from me
I'm gonna take something precious from them. "
Oh now he's losing his constituency
We thought "Oh, this could never happen again."
If I take something precious from him
He try to take something precious from me
There's a battle in his head that he cannot win
There's a man that he could never be
Oh no
Way to go (2x)
He's the mayor
"If they take something precious from me
I'm gonna take something precious from them. "
Oh now he's losing his constituency
We thought "Oh, this could never happen again."
(You're gonna hang your head and cry)
If I take something precious from him
He try to take something precious from me
There's a battle in his head that he cannot win
There's a man that he could never be
(go ahead, go ahead and cry)
You're gonna hang your head and cry
Your gonna hang your head and cry
You're gonna cry
(He's the mayor)
(Oh no, way to go, he's the mayor)
The Mayor was written by Melora Creager.
“Many people believe that it’s… that it’s… about our President. Even though it’s titled ‘The Mayor’ it’s actually about someone I know who’s extremely mentally ill…. What?… So that’s extra funny that since it’s about someone who’s mentally ill, that people think it’s about the president even though...