DFU SONG: Band on the Run (another Kerry song --- Bandaid for John)

We were on our swift boat...rolling down the river
Kerry had been dreaming of a Purple Heart...his first Purple Heart
Oh, yeah...first Purple Heart...that would...have been quite a start

He was planning a future career...everything he did went to that end
Everybody knew that it was true...there was no need to even pretend
He would follow John Kennedy

He thought he's the next John Kennedy...he was planning it out very well
If his comrades would get in his way...then they all could go right straight to hell
He would follow John Kennedy

He would follow John Kennedy...he'd be doing a Marilyn Monroe
All the perks that such a job would bring...we were watching him drooling, you know
He would follow John Kennedy...he would follow John Kennedy

There's not much to do and he was getting bored...he thought, this is such a crock
Then a metal sliver had come flying back...when he shot up that rock
Bandaid for John...bandaid for John
He said "Get this straight...oh, blessed fate...by Cong we're fired upon"
Get a bandaid for John...bandaid for John...get a bandaid for John...bandaid for John

So he got the papers and made his request...on this kind of stuff he thrived
He passed on the story of the Purple Heart...he was lucky to survive
Bandaid for John...bandaid for John
"Now let's get this straight...oh, blessed fate...by Cong we're fired upon"
Get a bandaid for John...bandaid for John

Get a bandaid for John...bandaid for John...bandaid for John...get a bandaid for John

Well he earned two more and it was time to split...as he waved he said "Ciao"
We did not know then that he would turn on us...but we'd soon find out and how
Bandaid for John...bandaid for John
"Now let's get this straight...oh, blessed fate...by Cong we're fired upon"
Get a bandaid for John...bandaid for John...bandaid for John...bandaid for John

I am the very model of a presidential candidate,
From character to senator I know when to assassinate
I lobby for the victims of injustice and adversities
And care for those disabled when compared to my abilities.
I've slept with movie stars and yachted with the Kennedys,
I've copied their initials and shared in their amenities;
And in the field of foreign wars my service is distinguished
Just as soon as all the ugly rumors are extinguished.

Just as soon as all the ugly rumors are extinguished.
Just as soon as all the ugly rumors are extinguished.
Just as soon as all the ugly rumors are extinguished.

I'm boarded prepped and schooled in snowy Switzerland,
My haircuts and my facials put me out at least a grand
My visage in the mirror never ceases to me fascinate
I am the very model of a presidential candidate.

In short his visage never ceases to him fascinate
He is the very model of a presidential candidate.

I married very well, I did, and married nearly twice,
The first was just for practice though the kids they say are nice.
My first wife though depressive and annulled is still a friend,
My second wife is richer still and is a major brand.
Opinions, like my marriages, I always form in pairs,
I'm married to ideas when they belong to millionaires;
So right and wrong are nuanced and I have my haws and hems,
I'll never rush to judgment like Lord Hamlet on the Thames.

He'll never rush to judgment like Lord Hamlet on the Thames.
He'll never rush to judgment like Lord Hamlet on the Thames.
He'll never rush to judgment like Lord Hamlet on the Thames.

I am the very model of a presidential candidate
In matters war and peaceful I can spin and vacillate
When I am president at last, we will surely will have peace
Unless the right wing leader of some Haiti or some Greece
Stirs up an insurrection that requires my attention
Or extra votes are needed just before the next election.
In which case I will castigate severely the aggressor.
Or maybe delegate the task to the U.N. or my successor.

Or maybe delegate the task to the U.N. or his successor.
Or maybe delegate the task to the U.N. or his successor.
Or maybe delegate the task to the U.N. or his successor.

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