One of Us

This is based on a campaign sign for a local election that I saw painted on the side of a building as I drove through a small town late one night. The slogan, “He’s one of us,” takes on a bit of a different connotation when you’ve read too many of a certain kind of book or watched too many of a certain kind of movie or TV show…

Words and music by Joseph Abbott

Vote for Al D. Barron for justice of the peace
He’ll be tough on criminals, his vigilance won’t cease
He’ll be good for business, he’ll protect the little guy
He’ll bring down bright blessings from the sky

He walks like us, he talks like us
He poses with corn stalks like us
So vote Al D. Barron – he’s one of us

Vote for Al D. Barron, he knows what’s on your mind
He’ll make his priority the interests of our kind
You should just ignore the way his ear is slightly curled
He’ll make this county great again – and then the world

He’ll shout like us, he’s stout like us
He holds his pinky out like us
So vote Al D. Barron – he’s one of us

Vote for Al D. Barron, he reaches out to all
He’ll unite in harmony all those who hear his call
All those who oppose us will soon be like us too
And once you go to sleep tonight, so will you

Then you’ll think like us, won’t blink like us
Have ammonia to drink like us
And vote Al D. Barron, ‘cause he’s one of us
He’s in disguise like us, eats flies like us
Has hypnotic, glowing eyes like us
So vote Al D. Barron – he’s one of us
Yes, vote Al D. Barron – he’s one of us