Hank Williams Jr: McCain-Palin tradition

Hank Williams är en legendarisk person i den amerikanska populärmusikens historia och en av de största countryartisterna någonsin. Han levde ett hårt liv och dog 1 januari 1953 i baksätet på sin Cadillac efter att ha injicerat morfin. Hans son Hank Williams Jr tog vid där pappan slutade och skrev sången Family tradition (Text / Lyrics):

Hank why do you drink?
Hank why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in my unique position
If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition

Nu har Hank Williams Jr. anslutet sig till den lilla tappra skara artister som stöder presidentkandidaten John McCain. Jag har tidigare postat ett par pro McCain sånger på bloggen, även de med countryartister. Hank Jr beslöt sig för, som så många pro Obama artister tidigare gjort, att tillägna sin favoritkandidat en sång. Han tog helt enkelt den gamla Family tradition, skrev en ny text och kallade den McCain-Palin tradition.

Hank Jr fläskar på ganska ordentligt i den nya texten och sjunger att John och Sarah har minsan inga terrorister till vänner, som McCain påstår att Obama har. Just formuleringen "terrorist friends" blev tydligen lite för mycket för Hanks agent som ändrade den till "radical friends" i det pressmeddelande där sångtexten fanns med. I den officiella texten som sprids av McCains kampanjfolk har man helt tagit bort raderna om Obamas radikala/terrorist vänner. Nedan har ni texten som den sjungs av Hank på skivan.


The left wing liberal media have
Always been a real close knit family
But, most of the American People
Don't believe em anyway ya see
Stop and think it over
Before you make your decision
If they smell something wrong
They're gonna come down strong
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

Now this old Union's got problems
That is plain to see
The Democrats bankrupted Fannie Mae N Freddie Mac
Just like 1, 2, 3
The bankers didn't want to make all those bad loans,
But Bill Clinton said you got to
Now they want a bail out, what I'm talking about
Is a Democrat liberal who doo

CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they're not gonna blink
They don't have terrorist friends
To whom their careers are linked
Yes, John is his own man
And Sarah fixed Alaska's broken condition
They're gonna go just fine
We're headed for better times
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

I am very proud of our country's name
But no society is perfect
And we have had our stains
If I'm down at the coffee shop and
Somebody starts to give our flag friction
We say please move on
Cause we're standing strong
That's an old John McCain tradition

CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they're not gonna blink
And they're gonna fix this country
Cause they're just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick
And Sarah fixed Alaska's broken condition
They're gonna go just fine
We're headed for better times
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

Some are bound to tell you I'm
Preaching to the choir
And that is very true
And we are going even higher
Like a mama bear in Idaho
She'll protect your family's condition
If you mess with her cubs
She's gonna take off the gloves
It's an American female tradition

CHORUS
They all want to know Sarah
Why do you hunt
John why do you fish
How could she be so smart and savvy
Such a 'hey good-lookin'' dish
Yes John is his own man
And Sarah fixed Alaska's bad condition
They're going to get it right
We're going to see the light
It's a McCain - Palin tradition