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[Layzeebeaver]

Bye Bye Democracy Pie

(To the tune of “American Pie”)

🎶 Verse 1
A long, long time ago,
I can still remember how elections used to make me smile.
And I believed if we had our say,
We’d change the course of judgment day,
And maybe we’d stay decent for a while…

But 2016 made me shiver,
With every post the bots delivered.
Truth was hacked and buried —
No facts left to be carried.
I still recall election night,
When red swept in beneath the lights —
I knew then something wasn’t right
The day democracy died.

🎶 Chorus
So bye-bye to democracy pie,
Drove my Prius to the protest but the truth wouldn’t fly.
And them good old boys with their flags held high,
Sang “This’ll be the day that it dies —
This’ll be the day that it dies.”

🎶 Verse 2
Did you write the rule of law?
And do you still believe in all you saw —
When they swore to serve and uphold truth?
Now every court and every seat
Feels like a rigged and deadly cheat
As power clings with claws to fading youth.

Well, I know that you’re in dismay
’Cause I saw your tears on Inauguration Day.
We both felt that old chill
When the mob came for the hill…

They were chanting lies and waving signs,
While livestreams cut through all the lines,
And blood was spilled among the pines
The day democracy died.

🎶 Chorus
They sang bye-bye to the land of the free,
Watched the rulebook burn on live TV.
Them good old boys in the suits and the ties,
Said “This’ll be the day that it dies —
This’ll be the day that it dies.”

🎶 Verse 3
Now for years we’ve been on edge,
Trading norms for tribal pledges,
And trusting memes more than we trust the news.
While freedom’s painted red and blue,
The pundits shout, the trolls break through,
And facts just fade depending on your views.

And while the judges wrote dissenting lines,
The states redrew their coded signs —
No one could tell what’s fair,
With chaos in the air.

And as the Capitol rang with rage and flame,
And no one dared to name the shame,
We watched the game, but not the blame
The day democracy died.

🎶 Chorus
They were singing bye-bye to the will of the crowd,
But the quiet got swallowed by the angry and loud.
Them good old boys took a victory ride,
Singing “This’ll be the day that it dies —
This’ll be the day that it dies.”

🎶 Verse 4
Helter skelter in a Facebook feed,
As truth decays and facts recede —
And algorithms fan the fire.
The prophets warn, the cynics grin,
And CEOs just cash it in,
While civil talk gets drowned beneath the choir.

’Cause the kids today don’t trust the vote —
They swipe and scroll, they sigh and gloat —
They’ve never seen the day
When truth could light the way…

And the courts are packed and the Senate stalled,
While hope gets sold and justice called,
And no one stops the rise and fall
Since the day democracy died.

🎶 Chorus
And we were singing bye-bye to the dreams of the past,
Now the founding words feel too fragile to last.
Them good old boys let the guardrails slide,
Singing “This’ll be the day that it dies —
This’ll be the day that it dies.”

🎶 Verse 5
I met a girl who sang the blues,
And I asked her if she’d seen the news —
But she just stared through broken glass.
And I went down to the sacred mall,
Where freedom used to stand so tall,
But the speakers there had long since left the mass.

And in the streets the silence grew —
The hopeful few, the bitter too —
We whispered of the dream
That slipped into the stream.

And the bells were drowned beneath the storm,
As history began to transform,
And nothing left looked like the norm
Since the day democracy died.

🎶 Final Chorus
And we’re all singing bye-bye to democracy pie,
Once baked with hope, now a cold, bitter lie.
Them good old boys waved their last goodbye,
Singing “This’ll be the day that it dies —
This’ll be the day that it dies.”

🎶 Outro (Soft Repeat)
They were singing bye-bye to the red, white, and blue,
As the eagle stared through a darker hue.
And we the people, silent and shy,
Whispered “This’ll be the day that it dies…”