Seeing me and my Ann down in the Rose Garden'

With apologies to Paul Simon: "It's just a quirk in the law"

Silly I know, but from the very moment I heard that phrase "a quirk in the law" as the Romney campaign's response to the Boston Globe article exposing his lies about his tenure at Bain Capital, my mind started singing it in rhythm to the line "It was against the law" in the Paul Simon song Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard.

Even sillier, the alternative lyrics kept growing in my mind all day. Here are the results. I hope you get a least a small chuckle:

Poor Mitt Romney rolled outta bed and saw what was gettin’ attention
‘The Boston Globe!’ he began to shout, “has another damn investigation!”

'It’s just a quirk in the law
It’s just a quirk in the law
What the reporters saw
It’s just a quirk in the law'

Well Mitt looks down and spits on the ground
Every time the Bain story gains traction
'I don’t care if it’s true, I’m tellin’ you, I demand that they make a retraction'

'I’m on my way!
Don’t they know where I’m goin’?
I’m on my way!
I’m taking what’s mine and where I belong!
Hello White House and the levers of power
Seeing me and my Ann down in the Rose garden
Seeing me and my Ann down in the Rose Garden'

But every day there’s another takeaway
As the press lets the stories leak
Mitt Romney’s a liar, his pants are on fire
And it’s all on the cover of Newsweek

Well, he’s lost his way
He don’t know where he’s going
He’s lost his way
Too many lies that he just can’t square
Goodbye White House and the levers of power
No to Mitt and Ann down in the Rose Garden
No to Mitt and Ann down in the Rose Garden
No to Mitt and Ann down in the Rose Garden

Thanks to the Daily Kos for the lyrics!
Thanks to the Boston Globe for the investigative reporting.