I won't say who I voted for, or even if 'twas Gush or Bore   Nader or Buchanan or that natural party person   But I knew things were boding badly when they beat my boy Bill Bradley   And now we've gone from worse to even worsen      On one hand, we've a whiner who is prone to groan and grunt, it's true   While disagreeing in debate, this practice did perplex us   And then we have the other one, a good ol' boy, his daddy's son   We can't expect too much when he has trouble running Texas      Americans from coast to coast have chosen whom they like the most   The voting has all come and gone and now we need a breather   The count is in, the tally's done, at least the first and second one   The clear cut winner of the day is neither      That's the truth, no matter who you chose to win   There's just about precisely one more person who had picked some other way   Not exactly what I'd call a mandate from the people   We had a really hard Election Day      I love this country, yes I do, there's freedom in red white and blue    But colleges that don't exist I do not get a kick from   With all the brilliant minds we’ve got, it doesn't really say a lot   When these two are what's left for us to pick from      How 'bout a teacher or a chef, a social worker, someone deaf   A farmer or some clergy, or an actor   No, we tried that   A secretary or a nurse, it's not so bad, it could be worse   A songwriter for president, would someone certify that?      Just anyone with common sense, not straddling some middle fence   With courage and conviction, some compassion and some solace   Maybe all those absentees in Florida will count them please   Or maybe we'll ask Mickey Mouse or Elian Gonzalez      We've had a really hard election, strong and stiff, with no protection   Lawyers paratrooping into every Florida city   It's clear we can’t find one we like, would both of you please take a hike   We'll run our own darn country by committee      Another thought, perhaps the best thing   Inaugurate the cast of West Wing