Don't Criticize me
(A ballad crooned to the tune of "You Go to My Head"
by George W. Bush, with backup by Karl Rove and His Singing Slimemeisters)

Don't criticize me. 'Cause that's the thing our enemies want
And it damages our terrorist hunt.
And endangers every grunt at the front.

Yes, Cheney did flog that meeting in Prague but
big deal -
Cheney's zeal's his appeal.
And don't say aloud Condi's next mushroom cloud
was unreal.
We're sure she'll have much more to reveal.

Don't criticize me. Evil foes would welcome that
kind of strife.
Since their goal is crushing our way of life,
We might have to smear both you and you wife.
Don't criticize me.
Don't criticize me.

Calvin Trillin