This should be read with the original by Billy Joel keeping the rythm true.
Occupation, He hurt me,
Reasons of security,
Disengagement, Disappointment,
Dis is unity.
Kosher meat, Mobile phones,
Hats, snoods and no-fly zones,
Knickerbockers, White sockers,
Frummers follow me.
Chassidic Tish, Funny food,
Beisdin with the fangs removed,
Contraception, contradiction,
Twice a week is still a lot.
The Tzaddik’s son, The other one,
Courts deciding which one won,
The Besht is dead, The Rebbe’s not,
How much longer have we got?
We didn’t fight the liars
We saw them praise each other
As they destroyed our brothers
We didn’t fight the liars
as the fat cats bought them
We just helped support them
Na nach nachman nuts,
Separate seating on the bus
Chauvinism, Feminism,
Cheque Agunot cry.
Denier numbers, Thigh high seams,
Pederast protection schemes,
Orange ribbons, Gay parades,
Good boys don’t ask why.
Sadya Grama’s Romemut,
Slifkin’s book is staying put.
Artscroll, Steinzalz,
Kahati’s work in Russia banned
Viznitz, Satmar, Bobov twice,
Holy city, Rabbi Veiss,
Shtreimels with kaffiyeh shawls,
Carers of our promised land.
We didn’t fight the liars
We saw them praise each other
As they destroyed our brothers
We didn’t fight the liars
As the fat cats bought them
We just helped support them
Hip Hop, Chassidic bands,
Holies eating with their hands,
Manichewitz, Tam Tams,
Gatchkes in the pool
Tzedaka scams, family trees,
Dor yesharim booking fees,
Blood-sucking with a tube,
TV kids expelled from school.
Nasty rabbis in Iran,
Contact with the Taliban
Kehilla grants, not a chance,
Though the numbers seem so clear
All in all it’s pretty sad
but let me tell you something glad,
Many more will learn to fear,
the Shgatzim on the blogosphere.
We didn’t fight the liars
We saw them praise each other
while they destroyed our brothers
We didn’t fight the liars
as the fat cats bought them
We just helped support them
on and on and on and on...
