Exhuming McCarthy by R.E.M.

You're beautiful more beautiful than me
You're honorable more honorable than me
Loyal to the Bank of America

It's a sign of the times
It's a sign of the times

You're sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen.
Sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen.

Vested interest united ties landed gentry rationalize
Look who bought the myth by jingo buy America

It's a sign of the times
It's a sign of the times

You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen.
Sharpening stones, walking on coals,
To improve your business acumen.

Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik
Look who bought the myth, by jingo, buy America

"Let us not assassinate this man further Senator,
You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir?
At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

We're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen.
Sharpening stones, walking on coals,
To improve your business acumen.

Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik
You've seen start and you've seen quit
(I'm addressing the table of content)
I always thought of you as quick
Exhuming McCarthy
(Meet me at the book burning)
Exhuming McCarthy
(Meet me at the book burning)

YET ANOTHER VERY APT SONG FOR TODAY. WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT THERE WILL BE A "HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY AT ALL SIR?" MOMENT. IT WAS THIS MOMENT AFTER YEARS OF THE RED SCARE AND THE HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE THAT FINALLY BROUGHT MCCARTHYS REIGN OF FEAR AND HATE TO AN END.