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2019 Off-Broadway
Soft Power the Musical - Election Night Lyrics
The song is written by David Henry Hwang & Jeanine Tesori.
DHH: (spoken)
The ballot box is a mystery
Though no one exactly understands why it works
We all trust in its ultimate wisdom
(sung)
Behold, I tell you, a mystery
From our ancestral history
How the leaders of our institution
Are chosen by our Constitution
It's easy, sensible, and smart
Which you can learn by heart
By repeating after me
(spoken) You'll get this in no time
(sung) You got two
CHORUS:
Two?
DHH:
I said two, main parties
CHORUS:
Well whatsamatter with one?
DHH:
Well folks, that would be authoritarian
Utterly and totally
A totalitarian government
CHORUS:
Totalitarian government?
That would be bad!
XUE XING: (spoken)
Why is that bad?
CHORUS & DHH:
You choose your views
You win, you lose
It's easy, sensible, and smart
Which you can learn by heart
DHH:
By repeating after me
(spoken) Good so far?
DHH:
The candidates are chosen
through a primary or caucus
Which leads to a convention
that's orderly or raucous
CHORUS:
The candidates are chosen
through a primary or caucus
Which leads to a convention
that's orderly or raucous
Every four years and you can spend
as much money as you want to
XUE XING:
Is that a good idea?
DHH:
We're voting
CHORUS:
We're voting
DHH:
We're voting
CHORUS:
We're voting
DHH:
We're voting
CHORUS:
We're voting
DHH:
In America
CHORUS:
In America
DHH:
We're voting
CHORUS:
We're voting
DHH:
We're voting
CHORUS:
We're voting
DHH:
We're voting
CHORUS:
We're voting
DHH:
In America
CHORUS:
In America
DHH:
When do we vote?
CHORUS:
When do we vote?
DHH:
On the Tuesday after the first Monday
in the month of November
CHORUS:
The month of November
CHORUS & DHH:
On the Tuesday after the first Monday
in the month of November
CHORUS:
We're voting
We're voting
We're voting
We're voting
CHORUS & DHH:
In America!
XUE XING:
I got it!
DHH: (spoken)
Now onto college
XUE XING:
There's more?
CHORUS: (spoken)
Now onto college?
DHH:
The Electoral College
CHORUS:
Oh, the Electoral College!
DHH:
Each of the 50 states receives a number of electors
Equal to its total number
of Senators and Representatives
XUE XING:
Wait...
DHH:
The electors are pledged
To vote for the candidate of the party
Unless they choose not to!
XUE XING:
What?
DHH:
The winner of the majority
Of votes in each state takes all the state's electors
In a winner-take-all system
XUE XING:
Why?
DHH:
The Electoral College ensured
that smaller and rural states
Had a disproportionate say in selecting a president
CHORUS & DHH:
Which in the early days of our great nation
Ensured they could keep their slaves!
Hail, hail, the word of the ballot!
Hail, hail, the word of the ballot!
DHH:
And the next President
of the United States is...
CHORUS:
The word of the ballot!
DHH:
Not Hillary Clinton!
CHORUS: (spoken)
What?
That's not possible
What just happened?
Could the ballot box be wrong?
But the ballot box is never wrong!
So the next President is...
DHH & XUE XING: (spoken)
The guy who hates China!
CHORUS:
We're with him, with the man
With him we know we can
Let our hatred run free
Destroy our enemy
With H-I-M we'll bury them
Bring them to their knees
These damn Chinese!
DHH:
They've broken into the building!
CHORUS: (spoken)
Let's wreck this joint! Yeah!
(sung)
Make America great again!
Make America great again!
Make America,
Make America great again!
Hear the call, make them fall
Rip them all limb from limb
We're with him
We're with him
(spoken) Chinese, go home!
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