Elections of Yore

(to the tune of “Yesterday”)

Yesterday, politics was just a game we’d play

Now hostility is here to stay

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, there’s an absence of civility

There’s no common ground that I can see

Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why we disagree

I don’t know, it’s hard to say

We’re so far apart

Now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, bipartisan was just how we’d play

Now consensus just has gone away

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why things are so wrong

I don’t know, I’m sad to say

All my hope is gone

My heart longs for yesterday

Yesterday, I looked forward to Election Day

Now the discord takes my joy away

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Bill Archibald
Arlington, Va.

Trump’s Campaign Love Song to America