Baker Report

The following is sung to the tune of Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street.

Readin' your way through the Baker Report,
Light in your head and attention span short
Well another crazy day
Daydream more meetings away
And then forget about everything.
That city in the desert makes you feel so cold
You've got so many plans but you've got no goal
And it's taking you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought you’ld outsmart your dad.

You used to think that it would be so easy
You used to say that it would be so easy
But your polls are sinkin'
Your polls are sinkin' low.
Another year and then you’ll still be losin’,
Just two more years and then you'll still be losin’,
And they'll be cryin',
They'll be dyin' like now.

Way down in Jordan al-Maliki’s at the king’s place
He closes the door he's got that look on his face
And he tells you where to go
And with you he can’t be seen
Nor will he talk talk to you about anything.

He's got this dream about rulin’ those lands,
But you’re gonna make him give up the reins over his death-squad bands
And then you’ll push al-Hakim to settle down that crazy explodin’ town
And he’ll fail at everything.

But you know you’ve always gotta keep stayin'
You know you’re never gonna stop stayin’,
Cuz you’re the Decider,
You’re the Decider-in-Chief.

And when you wake up it’s a new mornin'
The bombs are burstin’ it's a new morning
And more civilians are cryin’
More soldiers dyin’ for what?