(call & response, rally-ready, repeatable) Intro (Go-Go beat, cowbell + snare) 🎤 Leader: “DC, are you ready?” 🎶 Crowd: “We ready!” Verse 1 (Blues groove, electric guitar riff) Well, grandma said be kind, or don’t say a thing at all, But tonight I gotta break that rule, I’m answering the call. A man up high, with a heart turned dry, Mean and ornery old man, telling lies. Chorus (Go-Go call & response, congas + horns) 🎤 Leader: Who’s mean? 🎶 Crowd: Trump’s mean! 🎤 Leader: Who’s ornery? 🎶 Crowd: Trump’s ornery! 🎤 Leader: Grumpy old man in the White House blues! 🎶 Crowd: We see the signs, can’t hide the truth! Verse 2 (Blues walking bass, Go-Go percussion overlay) He hides portraits of Obama, even went for Elmo too, Cuts kids’ lunches, after-school, and sports programs too. From the Central Park Five, to Mar-a-Lago halls, Mean and ornery old man, trying to make us crawl. Breakdown (Go-Go percussion solo, chant) 🎤 Mean and ornery! Spiteful too! 🎶 We won’t let one old man tell us what to do! 🎤 Mean and ornery! Cruel and cold! 🎶 But the people’s love is stronger than gold! Final Chorus (horn stabs, Go-Go bounce, call & response) 🎤 Leader: Who’s mean? 🎶 Crowd: Trump’s mean! 🎤 Leader: Who’s ornery? 🎶 Crowd: Trump’s ornery! 🎤 Leader: We got the power, we sing the news! 🎶 Crowd: Free DC! We refuse! Outro (jam out, percussion + guitar riff, fade on chants) 🎶 Free DC! Free DC!
