Coward of the Country
(Sung to the tune of "Coward of the County" by Kenny Rogers
Guest song parody by Mark Hoolihan

(instrumental intro)

Everyone considered him the coward of the country.
He never went to Vietnam, though he thought it a just war.
His mamma named him Georgie, the folks just called him Dubya.
But something always told me he was looking for a war.
 
He spent Vietnam safely hidden in the Air Guard.
Life looked after Dubya, 'cause he was his father's son.
I still recall the fateful words when Daddy lost to Clinton:
"Son, my career's over, but yours has just begun."
 
"Promise me son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from danger if you can.
They can't call you weak if you slaughter men like sheep .
I hope you're smart enough to understand...
If lots of others die, you'll be a man."
 
There's some war for everyone, and Dubya's was bin Laden.
As commander-in-chief, they'd have to treat him like a man.
No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get bin Laden.
But he'd bomb other countries ...there was lots of them!
 
Dubya watched the TV and he saw his soldiers dyin'.
The crying wives, civilian lives, a devastated land.
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture.
As his pride grew on his smiling face, he heard these words again...
 
"Promise me son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from danger if you can.
They can't call you weak, if you slaughter men like sheep.
I hope you're smart enough to understand...
If lots of others die, you'll be a man."
 
The other leaders laughed at him when he gave up diplomacy.
Even his allies said they wouldn't support him no more.
When Dubya he gave up, they said, "Hey, look old Dubya's failing."
But you should have heard the bomb when Dubya started a new war.
 
Fifty years of failure was bottle up inside him.
He wasn't holdin nothin' back, he let 'em have it all.
When Dubya finished bombing, not a country was left standing.
He said, "I've a big penis," as he watched the last bomb fall.
And I heard him say:
 
"I promised you Dad, not to the things you done.
I walk away from danger when I can.
Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't try diplomacy.
And Papa, I sure hope you understand...
When lots of others die, you are a man.
 
Everyone considered him the coward of the country...



Here's an alternate version of this parody: Dullard of the Country
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