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BOTH SIDES NOW
Sting rays spawning in the
sand
And Gore reviewing his game
plan
The press corps drinking
on the strand
We'll spend some days this
way
I read the news and scratch
my head
USA's poll has Bush ahead
When just last week the
same poll said
The Bush campaign was dead
I've looked at polls from
both sides now
From up and down and still
somehow
It's poll's illusions I
recall
November 7 we'll know all
Tracking polls and focus
groups
The sound of pundits saying
oops
Comparing candidates to
cars
I find it all bizarre
Advice from everyone you
know
Half say stop and half say
go
But in the end it's up to
you
To thine own self be true
I've had advice from both
sides now
Attack and kill. Be nice
and bow
It's time to tell them all
goodbye
It's up to me, myself and
I
Cont
The traveling press corps'
daily grind
Survey the scene and try
to find
Something meaningful to
wind up on the evening news
Expense reports now start
to change
They show you're drunk and
eating strange
Well days are lost and yes
you've gained
But what's a pound or two
You've looked at Gore from
all sides now
Up and down, in and out,
big and small, stiff and fun, dogs and drugs,
forest fires, Tax cuts for
the middle class, prescription drugs, Medicare, lockboxes,
Tipper and Lieberman too,
fighting for just folks like you
But it's your illusions
that I'll recall
When I think back upon this
fall.
Performed not quite to the tune of "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell