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We All Sound the Same

    A
The candidates come and the candidates go, 
                     E
And we all sound the same.

I'm Eenie, I'm Meenie, I'm Minie, I'm Mo, 
                     A
And we all sound the same.
                      A7
We're having another election this year,
      D
We're hiring the halls and we're pouring the beer,
      E
We'll tell you precisely what you long to hear,
       E7            A
And we all sound the same.

We're there every time you turn on your TV,
And we all sound the same.
Help stop unemployment, try voting for me!
Yes, we all sound the same.
We're kissing the babies and shaking the hands,
We're blowing balloons and we're leading the bands,
We're hoping that nobody here understands
That we all sound the same.

      D                                                  A
We'll fearlessly take our positions when we know how you feel.
      D                                                   A
We've taken the polls, and we know it's the safe thing to do.
      D                                                         A
We've studied the trends for the feelings that we're allowed to feel.
      B7                                                   E7
We'll be out there leading about two or three steps behind you -

That's off of the record.

We're fast on our feet when the ball's in our court,
And we all sound the same.
We're earnestly hoping your memories are short,
And we all sound the same.
We've mastered the art of rhetorical curve,
We've practiced sincerity, screwed up our nerve,
We're praying we don't get what we all deserve,
And we all sound the same.
Oh, we're praying we don't get what we all deserve
And we all sound the same.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1980)

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