Kissinger

KISSINGER
(Robert Morgan Fisher/Extended Family Music-BMI)

There's skeletons in the closet, Lord, they've tried but they can't lock it
Millions upon millions of bleached bones
Ribcages of babies, femurs of old ladies
You can still hear the carnage and the moans
It all happened for a reason, it's the worst kind of treason
The time has come for someone to atone
To face my music, one man must stand alone

And what of Henry? What of Henry Kissinger?
And what of Henry? What of Henry Kissinger?

To begin with, we must find a place, how ‘bout the Fall of '68?
He sabotaged the Talks to end The War
"If Tricky Dick's elected, take my word you'll be protected"
So the Viet Cong, they walk right out the door
But after the election, Nixon offers no concessions
The plan for peace is shoved into a drawer
And one more year of war turned into four

And what of Henry? What of "Envoy" Kissinger?
And what of Henry? What of Henry Kissinger?

Old "Hank" was on a roll, once you've got a high death toll
You don't mind that stench like putrefied ammonia
In the name of "Peace with Honor," Henry scrambled all his bombers
Brought that smell to millions in Cambodia
I know these rhymes ain't tight, though you know I've really tried
So how ‘bout we just end this verse with "Josef Mengele"?
He was a "Doctor" too ... Josef Mengele

And what of Henry? What of "Doctor" Kissinger?
Do no harm, Henry. What of Henry Kissinger?

Was convenient, if not ominous, Hank was out to get the communists
Next stop: Chile, South America
In the Tropic of Capricorn, it was "Assassination Porn"
His own version of "CIA Erotica"
You may think I'm bein ‘ silly, but Hank actually described Chile
As a "Dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica"
Which might explain the Ozone Hole -- if you're psychotica

And what of Henry? What of "Agent" Kissinger?
And what of Henry? What of Henry Kissinger?

In his entrepreneurial way, Hank invented Pinochet
Don't the name sound like a red and robust wine?
But the only red that flows is the blood of desaparecidos
From the Death Squads formed by Kissinger's design
The mass graves exploded forth, as the franchise headed north
All the way past Chiapas Borderline
Like a strangulating, evil, twisted vine

And what of Henry? What of "Senor" Kissinger?
Que paso, Henry? What of Henry Kissinger?

Everyone was quite surprised when Hank won the Nobel Prize
Guess that Oslo never heard of Bangladesh
Or the genocidal virus, Henry unleashed upon Cyprus
No one noticed what with Nixon in the press
With the blessing of this jerk, Cyprus soon fell to the Turks
With the usual rape and torture, murder-mess
Just once I'd like to hear the man confess

And what of Henry? "Nobel Laureate" Kissinger?
And what of Henry? What of Henry Kissinger?

Bechtel, Halliburton, one thing that is for certain,
They've all got a friend in this senile maniac
Circling like a vulture, feed the exploitation culture
Meanwhile, every town has a kid coming home in a sack
Justification for this war's all wrong, turns out that Hank was there all along
Don't you know "Power is the ultimate Aphrodisiac?"
And who needs Viagra when you've got Iraq?

And what of Henry? "Elder Statesman" Kissinger?
And what of Henry? What of Henry Kissinger?

Looks like we're outta time, there's just far too many crimes
The worst part is: he remained so influential
His excuses are too vague, someone notify The Hague
What I'd give to see this putz act penitential
Instead of puffing out his chest, assuring us that he knows best
hiding behind words like "confidential"
Reaching for the crutch of his credentials

And what of Henry? And what of Henry?
And what of Hen