American debt crisis
We’re in it neck deep
While the Parties battle daily
Middle Americans are losing sleep

(Chorus)
One side doesn’t want to cut government
Other side doesn’t want to raise taxes
Why not let them fight it out
In an arena with knives and axes???

Boehner bending over backwards?
Obama still obstinate?
Reid mocking REP proposal as “dead on arrival”
All these men we’ve come to hate
(while they all procrastinate)

One side doesn’t want to cut government
Other side doesn’t want to raise taxes
Why not let them fight it out
In an arena with knives and axes???

Time is running out
Default cannot be ignored
Let’s raise the debt ceiling
Before every politician we abhor
(financial destruction is at the door)

One side doesn’t want to cut government
Other side doesn’t want to raise taxes
Why not let them fight it out
In an arena with knives and axes???

At least then we’d know
Which legislation was still alive
But Obama still holds his pen-sword
Veto is a death sentence America won’t survive

Maybe the REPs don’t care
And the DEMs equally so
But come Election 2012
Americans will deal the vindictive blow
(please pass legislation and restore our hope)