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From the Song Library

What Can the Matter Be?

Oh dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be'? Oh dear, what can the matter be? Congress is acting so dumb. (kazoo) They're culling the taxes for rich and the greedy And taking the food from the poor and the needy, They promised to give us more missiles and star wars. Homes for our people are none. (kazoo) Oh dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be? Oh dear, what can the matter be? Congress gives away all our dough. The’re giving the billions to Corporate welfare Like Boeing, McDonald’s, Nabisco, and GE. Yes, yes, we know what the matter is: All the bums got to go! Only the bums!