Posted on 03/17/2025 5:04:53 PM PDT by backpacker_c
White House tweet on illegal aliens....
for those that don't want to play clip, it's a video of an illegal alien being deported to "closing time, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here"
Karoline Leavitt and the White House are quoting Semisonic's iconic song 'Closing Time'
"I think it sums up our immigration policy pretty well: 'You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.'"
longer version
Karoline Leavitt Defends White House Video Playing 'Closing Time'
Between the rapid response video of the deported illegal aliens being sent to el salvador's prison and this tweet, Trump's admin has figured out how to do messaging right, instead of hiding out behind not offending the left :-)
‘You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here’
What’s the difference between an illegal alien and E.T? E.T learns English and wants to go home!
The song is Semisonic’s Closing Time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8
THANKFULLY they didn’t use the gawdawful overplayed Willy Nelson tune, “The Party’s Over.” That one seems to be inordinately popular with Boomers and is just entirely the wrong energy. Slow, lugubrious, sleep-inducing. *Not* what we need and not a match for this admin.
The author of Semisonic’s Closing Time explains the origin and meaning of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niz9FtJIB2Y
9 min 49 sec video
Semisonic had so many good songs and that is the only one that really became a hot.
Hot=hit
Singing In My Sleep was also a hit, so was Secret Smile and Gone To The Movies. Gone had the least staying power of the four.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhS3YP04Fjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kryV3E4QKGk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJ2Db_bE_I
I really liked Chemistry...fun song.
The song is actually about the birth of the singer’s first child. “this room won’t be open ‘til your brothers or your sisters come.”
Mark A2
well dan wilson was a little mixed up with verse 2 then.
Most enjoyable. Thanks for posting.
Prescient lyrics from Motörhead’s Iron Fist. Miss you Lemmy.
Dark night, nothing to see
Invisible hand in front of me
Scared to death there’s someone near
Scared to move, but you can’t stay here
I love the tune and the singer’s voice in “Closing Time,” but most of the lyrics are so stupid.
Yes The Party’s Over is overused for sure but it was perfect when Wille sang it at the last or one of the last Kamala Rallies. It was perfect ending for that train wreck. I think it was unintended on his part which made it even better.
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