Love Me, I'm a Liberal - Kevin Devine

I cried on September 11th

Tear ran down my spine

Like I cry for each murdered Iraqi

As though I’ve lost a neighbor of mine

But Afghanistan got what was coming

It was the right thing to do at the time

So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

And I go to the anti-war rallies

Curse George and the whole G.O.P.

And I can’t get enough of Obama

Oh his message of change speaks to me But sure Nader’s right about most thing

But he cost Gore that election, you see

So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

And I’ve bristled?

the rage through Katrina

The response make me sick to my heart

I’m sure FEMA would’ve come running

Had it flooded rich whites in Cape Cod

But don’t talk about revolution

Cause that’s going just a little bit too far

So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

Yes I vote for the Democratic Party

I figure soon enough they’ll come along

And I attended those vote for change concert

And they sure got me singing those songs

And I’m bothered about corporate government

But I do want our brand to trade strong

So love me, love me, love me I’m a liberal

Yes I read the New Yorker and Nation

And I’ve learned to take every view

And I idolized Franklin and Stewart?

Hell I feel like I’m almost a Jew

But when it comes down to globalized markets

Well there’s no one more red, white, and blue

So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

And sure once I was young and impulsive

I wore every conceivable pin

Even went to some socialist meetings

Yeah I learned all the old union hymns

But oh I’ve grown older and wiser

and that’s why I’m turning you in So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal.