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Hey Hey, Ho Ho, ScoMo Has Got To Go

from Why I Protest (Bonus Version) by Mat Ward

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Hey hey, ho ho, ScoMo's got to go

He brought in a lump of coal
To Parliament
Held up that dirty rock
Like a diamond
Told people don't be scared
Of the climate
Politicians are for sale
Is what he meant

Australia went up in flames
He went on holidays
Hiding in Hawaii
To dodge the media gaze
As Sydney disappeared
Beneath the smoke haze
And firefighters died
Trying to fight the blaze

Hey hey, ho ho, ScoMo's got to go

He came back and apologised
Tried to shake hands
But couldn't find a hand to shake
right across the land
Everywhere that Scotty went
He found himself banned
no one likes an arsonist
In a burnt land

The world moved on from coal
He started pushing gas
Claiming it's a clean fuel
Cos they'd donated cash
Wrecking all the farmland
Despite the backlash
Destroying the country
From reef to outback

Hey hey, ho ho, ScoMo's got to go

He told us he'd stop the boats
From getting here
Told MPs he'd get the votes
By tapping fear
Didn't care if people fleeing
Were refugees
Claimed he wasn't racist
By cooking curry

Opposed same-sex marriage
Citing God's will
Despite most voters
Backing the bill
Said he didn't want his daughters
Being bedevilled
Despite it being legal
He's trying to crush it still

Hey hey, ho ho, ScoMo's got to go

Confronted by a rape claim
In his cabinet
He tried to shut the case down
Wasn't having it
When thousands of women marched
He refused to meet
Said that they could all be shot
For protesting shit

Refused to condemn Trump
For the riot
Cos Trump let him to do things
On the quiet
Like pushing coal to a world
that doesn't buy it
Cos Trump made him look sane
In the light of it

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from Why I Protest (Bonus Version), released January 21, 2022

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Mat Ward blends future bass, drum and bass, punk and politics to come up with a different sound. He has released albums about financial markets, Apple, Elon Musk, surveillance, the media, Mars, protest chants and the climate. He also writes books and a music column that has been shared by the likes of Ru Paul, Chuck D, Tom Morello and Al Jourgensen. ... more

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