No. 37 · The Presidents
Richard Nixon
1969-1974
The only President ever to resign in disgrace, Nixon's long list of administration abuses is topped by the infamous Watergate scandal. Nixon campaign officials arranged to install eavesdropping devices inside Democratic headquarters in order to gain classified information and sow dissension among Democratic candidates. Ironically, it was these same devices that built the case against Nixon, picking up his own incriminating conversations within the White House.
Lyrics
Em, G, D/F♯
You sent five guys to spy then lie
About the DNC
In the Watergate hotel
O tell, o my, hotel, deny, that you're that kind of guy
Water gate
You must really hate
Your enemies
The democreeps
You tried to slaughter them
But people liked you then?
What were you so afraid of?
Oh, irony
How can it be?
These same devices would be
The same ones that caught you planning it
So scared of the opposition
Such big risks at the Watergate hotel
O tell, o my, hotel, deny, that you're that kind of guy
I am not a crook you say
Then you just might be insane
From the book, published 2009 · song & page updated
I am not a crook