vocals,banjo,piano, keyboard: michael hermiston <br /><br />Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued (suspended) the Canadian Parliament during the 2010 Olympics. My father wrote the original song: Prorogue, Prorogue at that time. It was lost with the deletion of my "emotion999" channel....As PM Harper is proroguing parliament again, my dad wrote an updated version. <br />lyrics: <br />we are members of parliament who don't have to go to work <br />for our prime minister, Stevie Harper, granted us another perk <br />we'll watch the olympics from priviliged seat day after fine day <br />and while we enjoy the spectacle we'll draw down full pay <br /><br />unemployment, poverty, torture, war , pollution <br />don't have to talk abou that stuff, for here is the solution <br />sit and watch the athletes compete in games of spor and play ..... <br /><br />hey, hey hey there!!!! that was the last time he prorogued parliament.. what!! he's doing it again? <br /><br />Poor Wallen and Duffy (not poor Senators, but rich) <br />News stories to distract us from our heading to the ditch <br />A ditch of increasing inequality and rampant pollutions <br />Our elected MP's should be working for solutions <br /><br />Questions can be raised, although the answers may be fudged <br />Yet in Parliamentary democracy, by the people, they'll be judged <br />The government will say that they are doing just fine <br />But then all can listen to a different party line <br /><br />Prorogue, prorogue, hip, hip hooray <br />We don't have to go to work and still get our full pay <br />Prorogue, prorogue, right on brother Steve <br />We're just sitting fine; we love those clever webs you weave. <br /><br />Conservative party coffers have loads of money galore <br />Their rich corporate supporters are making more and more <br />Capital gains, dividends, and tax deductions too <br />Are all expenses claimed legitimate and true? <br /><br />We have the left, we have the right, who often disagree <br />Compromise is the price we pay in a democracy <br />To compromise ,we must discuss and all must have their say <br />But instead of work, our clever rogue, gives us a holiday <br /> <br />Prorogue, prorogue, hip, hip hooray <br />We don't have to go to work and still get our pay <br />Prorogue, prorogue, right on brother Steve <br />We're just sitting fine; we love those clever webs you weave. <br /> <br />Prime Minster Harper merely turns a blind eye <br />His perceptions of reality are but a pie in the sky <br />Global warming, poverty, and inequality grow <br />He says prorogue parliament -- maintain the status quo. <br /><br />Prorogue, prorogue, hip, hip hooray <br />We don't have to go to work and still get our pay <br />Prorogue, prorogue, right on brother Steve <br />We're just sitting fine; we love those clever webs you weave.
