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Tricky Dick Forever

from Shame on the Sun by Pascal Dennis

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Verse (A): California on the surface is elegance and grace
But lurking underneath, squids from outer space
I knew a girl named Brenda who worked at Yorba Linda
At the Presidential Library and Tricky Dick’s estate

Verse (A): She loved Latino dancing and Georgia O’Keefe
I’d have to say off-centre was her leitmotif
She whispered as we danced the San Clemente salsa
‘You know, Tricky Dick had friends from LA to Mombasa.”

Chorus: She said, “The President did not go out in glory.
But not many know or care to hear his story.
If he was on the gallows, I could not pull the lever.
My sympathies reside with clemency and Tricky Dick forever

Verse: I haven't any answers, my insights hit and miss.
So, who am I to question, cavil or dismiss?
The world is full of thunder, innocence and blunder
Brenda often left me chuckling with wonder

Verse: America’s divided (splintered) into unforgiving tribes
Open up your mouth and you risk diatribe.
They blow up every rumour and have no sense of humour
I guess I hearken for a gentler kind of slime

Chorus: She said, “The President did not go out in glory.
But not many know or care to hear his story.
Mercy is not strained, falling like the rain
My loyalties remain with leniency and Tricky Dick forever.

Verse (A): She said, “I know Dick was crooked, and his mind began stray
But he made peace with Russia and he launched the EPA
Mercy is not strained, falling like the rain
My mind is like a sieve; to laugh is to forgive.”

She loved to Latino dancing and Georgia O’Keefe
Our parting was sweet sorrow, her memory bittersweet.
If he was on the gallows, she would not pull the lever
But I could not compete with Tricky Dick forever.

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from Shame on the Sun, track released November 4, 2022
Words and Music by Pascal Dennis
Produced by David Logan

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