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Letters in Song Lyrics and Poetry
These are some of our favorites from among more than 800 submissions in response to our request for variations on traditional letters.
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
