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2007
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| I Don't Wanna Set the World On Fire |
| Jack McGuane |
Mr. President, you need to go to your room
We all do because we’ve been bad,
but you’ve been the baddest,
a planetary pyromaniac.
Misbehavior on a global scale
requires a very large room,
bright lights, twenty-four hour
Marine guard, sleeping bag on the floor.
I hope they have one large enough
for you at the White House.
I just need a small room, because
I do admit going around
the neighborhood burning out
a miscreant here and there, but
even though I think globally,
like you pretend to,
I only misbehave locally.
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