Copenhagen- The Song

This is the legendary Robert Earl Keen's song about Copenhagen - the smokeless tobacco. He gets started after about a minute of onstage banter.

Mr. Keen left out a few verses. These are more timely.

First we tried some Y2K, then tried Acid Rain,
Bird Flu came and went 'cause it was too hard to explain.
Global Cooling, Global Warming, couldn't be arranged,
But now we've got 'em panicked with our talk of Climate Change !

Chorus:
Copenhagen, Let's all fly to Denmark,
Copenhagen, Let's all increase our worth!
Copenhagen, Let's release some carbon,
Fly to Copenhagen, and claim we're saving Earth!

So I to flew to Denmark with two drivers for my car,
Chatted and ate caviar with buddies at the bar,
Sat through half a seminar, voted Cap And Trade,
Doesn't matter, warm or cold, now we've got it made!

Chorus:
Copenhagen, Let's all fly to Denmark,
Copenhagen, Let all increase our worth!
Copenhagen, Let's release some carbon,
Fly to Copenhagen, and claim we're saving Earth!

The moral of this story is so easy to relate:
Selling is a hassle, why not just legislate ?
So try my little method and I promise you will win,
Fly to Copenhagen, start your money rollin' in !

Chorus:
Copenhagen, Let's all fly to Denmark,
Copenhagen, Let's increase our worth!
Copenhagen, You rent-seeking bastards
Fly to Copenhagen, and claim you're saving Earth!

(Repeat Chorus until North American and European manufacturing gives up and totally shuts down, and everyone is forced to purchase Al Gore and Kleiner Perkins Perpetual Motion Machines, and we have to spend most of our time digging furrows in the earth with sharp sticks.)