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Monroe Doctrine

from Live at the Hole in the Wall by Opposite Day

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From the album Fictional Biology (2005)

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Oh say can you see our young little friends
We’re gonna recognize your independence
Holy alliance won’t enslave you again
A word power just wants your cash
Trading with the UK
Enter john q. a.
An ambitious secretary of state
A thing like this could get him elected
Unilateralist ideas protected

Don’t come in as a cock boat in the wake
Of a British man-of-war
We may be just a joke to you
but in this hemisphere we will be more
and in his state of the union address,
James Monroe would impress
Upon his audience and Europeans
This hemisphere is not one they should be in

The American Continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power

We speak to you as though we run the show
And in time we certainly shall
You can take this as a statement of our aim
To ensure this neighborhood is not the same
The future is such a mystery
To Quincy Adams and Monroe
The doctrine may fade into history
But power will continue to grow

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from Live at the Hole in the Wall, released February 21, 2014
Music by Sam Arnold and Ethan Herr
Lyrics by Sam Arnold

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