“I don’t believe that songwriting has to be profound,” folk legend Steve Earle told Esquire, “but I truly believe that it’s a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.”
The artists behind “Run Liz Run” are lawbreakers, then — more felonious than melodious, having committed an offense against music that cannot be expunged or disassociated from the record of Elizabeth Warren.
The song from pro-Warren group “Ready For Warren” goes like this:
Americans want our next president to be a woman
Hey babe, here’s lookin’ at you, Senator Elizabeth Warren
The planet is warming and the power is shifting
We need a leader who won’t stand for all the Wall Street bullsh-t, the lobbyist grifting
(Chorus)
Run run run, run Liz run
You’ve gotta run for the office and get the job done
Run run run, run Liz run
We need
A president, we need President Warren (2x)
And one other thing: “Nobody got rich on their own, not nobody / Everybody needs bridges and streets to succeed.”
I refuse to accommodate this song the PR courtesy of, “Well, they knew it’d generate a lot of interest if it was terrible.” No. Just stop making terrible campaign songs, advertisements, whatever.
1/2 * out of 4
