Elections of Yore
(to the tune of “Yesterday”)
Yesterday, politics was just a game we’d play
Now hostility is here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, there’s an absence of civility
There’s no common ground that I can see
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why we disagree
I don’t know, it’s hard to say
We’re so far apart
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, bipartisan was just how we’d play
Now consensus just has gone away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Why things are so wrong
I don’t know, I’m sad to say
All my hope is gone
My heart longs for yesterday
Yesterday, I looked forward to Election Day
Now the discord takes my joy away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Bill Archibald
Arlington, Va.
Trump’s Campaign Love Song to America