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KansDem

(28,498 posts)
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:54 PM Sep 2012

"Ryan eyes"

Reflecting on the 2012 RNC, I added new words to the Eagles' classic:

VERSE
The Middle Class will find out all too early
That they’ll need to open cans of cheap cat food
But a rich young man like me won't have to worry
‘Cause I’ll not be the one who’s gettin’ screwed

Late at night I’ll be sitting and I’ll be sipping
A glass of wine that costs a princely price
But the Middle Class will only have warm water
‘Cause they won’t have the coin to buy the ice

So I tell them that they’ll need to give up programs
That help them when their living standard’s down
But now they know I haven’t been so truthful
One look in my eyes and they know I’m a lying clown

CHORUS
I can't hide my Ryan eyes
And my smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now I'd realize
There ain't no way to hide my Ryan eyes

Here's the original (from 1975):


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"Ryan eyes" (Original Post) KansDem Sep 2012 OP
Nicely done! K&R 11 Bravo Sep 2012 #1
Great minds think alike! (I like your re-write! lastlib Sep 2012 #2
Thanks for the thread! KansDem Sep 2012 #3
Another version: jsr Sep 2012 #4
Excellent! KansDem Sep 2012 #5

lastlib

(23,257 posts)
2. Great minds think alike! (I like your re-write!
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:39 PM
Sep 2012

Much better than I could do!)

"You can't hide your Ryan Eyes,
And your smile is a thin disguise,
I thought by now you'd reali-i-ize
There ain't no way to hide your Ryan eyes..."

"My, oh, my, you sure know how to arrange things,
You set it up so well, so carefully,
Ain't it funny how your new lies didn't change things,
You're still the same ol' (PATHETIC LYING MASSIVE PILE OF SHIT!) you used to be."



http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1233712


KansDem

(28,498 posts)
3. Thanks for the thread!
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 02:04 PM
Sep 2012

I hadn't seen it yet.

Good job! Between the two of us we almost have all three stanzas "rewritten" to reflect the GOP Zeitgeist.

[font size="1"]On a personal note, this song came out the same year I graduated from college. I took a job to "relax" for a couple of years and ran with friends who enjoyed camping in the desert or having evening beach parties (this was in southern California). We talked, laughed, drank beer, smoked cannabis, sought out potential objets d'amour, and listened to music like The Eagles and Gustav Mahler symphonies (we were very eclectic). "Lyin' Eyes" has always reminded me of that era.

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