We Came, We Saw, He Died

To the tune of “Cult of Personality” by Living Colour.

                             See how she struts; she’s swelling with pride

                             She came, she saw, he died.

                             He once gave refuge to the PLO,

                             But he couldn’t find his own place to hide.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             Our valkyrie was on her ride:

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             Hansel and Gretel; Dorothy, too;

                             She’s on her broom and she’s coming for you.

                             Mu-am-mar Gad-da-fi

                             You can’t run from the Hillary.

                             The people’s will we say he defied,

                             Now you tell me when we’ve ever lied.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             There may be few tricks that we haven’t tried,

                             But—would you believe?—we’ve never lied.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             Like the Tsarnaev brothers, he couldn’t hide.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             We came, we saw, he died.

                             Hansel and Gretel; Dorothy, too;

                             We took out your daughter now we’re coming for you.

                             Mu-am-mar Gad-da-fi

                             You can’t hide from the Hillary.

                             He’d use that oil money

                             In the very worst way

                             And we were determined to make him pay

                             We showed the world that we won’t be defied.

                             We came, we saw, he died. (We came and we saw,

                             We came and we saw, We came and we saw,

                             We came and we saw, We came and we saw,

                             We came and we saw, We came and we saw,

                             We came and we saw, We came and we saw,

                             We came and we saw…)

                             We came, we saw, he died.

David Martin

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