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R.E.M. Should Record This

Losing The Election

(Sung to the tune of “Losing my religion”)

The election’s bigger
It’s bigger than Religion
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
to get that oval office….
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up

(chorus)
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight, I’m
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with Hillary
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I’m
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
you lost and blinded fools, fools
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up

(chorus)
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight, I’m
Losing the election
Trying to keep up with Hillary
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Consider this
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
This close to nomination failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around

Now I’ve said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

(repeat chorus)

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try?
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream
Dream

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It’s a measure of how empty and meaningless the real lyrics in that song are, that it took minimal modifications to turn it into a parody of both itself and Obama.