Indictment

Tax relief, tax relief, our warlords implanted
A seductive mantra, not so softly chanted.
Tax relief, tax relief, our indulgence they desire
To overlook their crimes of the Iraq quagmire.
Tax relief, tax relief, they hope to find
That if we’re not out pocket, we won’t mind.
Tax relief, tax relief, so there’s no fiscal pain.
A clever device, our children’s bill will remain.


Tax relief, tax relief, dollars and cents
An ugly exchange for our moral sense.
Tax relief, tax relief can become that curse
Which drowns our conscience in our purse.
Tax relief, tax relief invites us to look
No further than our pocket book.
Tax relief, tax relief, for two tickets to perdition
For their crimes against humanity, our crime of omission.