The Blame Song by Don A. Smith and AI
A musical indictment of almost everybody and everything.
Politicians, billionaires, Democrats, Republicans, Russia, the U.S., the CIA, relatives, religion, robots, and even God. Everybody gets blamed for something!
Blame is one of humanity's favorite pastime—and one of its most powerful political weapons. It can expose injustice, hold the powerful accountable, or turn entire populations against one another.
But cruelty and injustice are real. Some people really are responsible. So how do we distinguish justified condemnation from scapegoating, righteous outrage from hatred, and accountability from revenge?
This is a seven-minute musical satire about a question that's not nearly as simple as it sounds.
Also available on on youtube.
Blame the British! Blame the French! Blame the guy and blame the wench. Blame the Indians, blame the Blacks, Blame the liberals for our tax! Blame the Jews and blame the Arabs, Blame the folks with different habits! Blame the foreigners who live next door— That's what foreigners live there for! Blame Dick Nixon! Blame Ron Reagan! Blame the mess that they were makin'! Blame Bill Clinton! Blame Joe Biden! Blame bad deals that they were hidin'! Blame Obama! Blame the drama! Blame his sellouts and drone-strike karma! Blame Donald Trump! Blame his supporters! Blame the billionaires! Blame open borders! [Chorus] Blame, blame, blame, blame, blame! Everybody wants to play the game! When the world is going wrong, Find a culprit, sing this song! Point your finger, shout their name, Nothing ever is your blame! Life is hard, you can whine: It's everybody's fault but mine! Blame the Russians! Blame the Chinese! Blame the people overseas! Blame the Left and blame the Right, Blame the ones who don't want to fight! Blame the voters, blame the press, Blame the men who like to cross-dress. Blame the president, blame the schools, Blame all the goddamn fools! Blame the U.S. for stupid wars. Blame the enemies that we abhor. Blame the military-industrial complex! Blame the C.E.O.s' enormous checks! Blame the lobbyists inside the Beltway! Blame the Pentagon! Blame the CIA! Blame them for the wars they provoke. Blame them for costs making us broke. Blame Big Ag! Blame High Tech! Blame the privacy they wreck! Blame Big Pharma! Blame Big Oil! Oh how they profit from our toil! Blame the unions. Blame Wall Street! Blame the powerful who cheat! |
[Chorus] Blame, blame, blame, blame, blame! Everybody plays the game! When the world is going wrong, Find a culprit, sing this song! Point your finger, shout their name, Nothing ever is your blame! Life is hard, so you can whine. It's everybody's fault but mine! Blame social media! Blame the lies! Blame the algorithms selling our eyes! Blame the insurers! Blame their greed! Blame the care they say we don't need! Blame the Israel lobby! Blame its clout! Blame the critics it tries to shut out! Blame George Soros! Oy, what tsuris! Blame the luck that didn't break for us. Blame Ralph Nader! Blame Al Gore! Blame the folks who wanted more! Blame Hillary! Blame her emails! Blame the news and all its details! Blame the billionaires, blame the poor! There's always plenty more, for sure! Blame the trans and blame the woke! Blame the pronouns that they invoke. Blame the Senate! Blame the Court! Blame the Republicans that they support! Blame the Constitution! Blame the law! Blame the Founders' fatal flaw! Blame immigrants! Blame dumb whites! Blame the Left and blame the Right! Blame the Christians! Blame the Jews! Blame whoever's in the news! Blame the Muslims! Blame the Reds! Blame the voices in our heads! Blame the people overseas— Blame whoever you damn please! Blame the rich! And blame the poor! Blame the peace! And blame the war! Blame the young! And blame the old! Blame the heat! And blame the cold! |
[Chorus] Blame, blame, blame, blame, blame! Everybody plays the game! When the world is going wrong, Find a culprit, sing this song! Point your finger, shout their name, Nothing ever is your blame! Cruelty and injustice sure do abound. There's plenty of blame to go around. Blame your mother! Blame your dad! Blame your lousy childhood, sad! Blame your partner, blame your spouse, Blame the dog who wrecked the house! Blame your children, blame your friends, Blame the guy who won't make amends. Blame your genes and blame your school, Blame the person who called you a fool! Blame our hormones! Blame our bits! Blame our cocks and blame our clits! Blame our lust! Blame our desire! Blame the flames that set us afire! Blame the weather! Blame the rain! Blame the traffic! Blame the train! Blame the moon and blame the sun, Blame the Big Bang -- it's the one! Blame the devil! Blame the Lord! Blame the universe when you get bored! Blame the laws of entropy— Blame the math making us unfree. Blame the guilty! Blame the crooks! Blame the ones who cooked the books! But before you join the game, Check the facts behind the blame! Some deserve it, some do not, Some get blamed for quite a lot. Meanwhile, somewhere out of sight, The guilty sleep quite well at night! Cruelty and injustice sure do abound, There's plenty of blame to go around. But knowing who's guilty won't change the game— If we stand by and just watch, we share in the blame. |
