Capitol Steps Lyrics and Meanings

[George H.W Bush]
It's tough to run that oval office
everyone ignores what I propose
now I'll detail why you've got this Quayle guy
He never was the one I chose
last fall I watched the wheel of fortune
"get me that Sajak guy!Pat Sajak was the host of wheel of fortune who shares a striking resemblance to Dan Quayle." I said
But then his mother sent his twin brother
I should have bought a vowel instead
Stand by your dan
I'll work him 'till he's dizzy
just like I keep kids busy within my plan
my handyman, While overseas I'm going
That Whitehouse lawn needs mowing, Dan.

[Dan Quayle's father]
Sometimes it's hard to be Dan's father
Although i know his grades were bad Dan Quayle's grades, though never released, were not good enough to get into Indiana university, so he was admitted under a "special factors" program.
This needy student was born real prudentThis is a reference to George H.W Bush's frequently satirised use of the word "prudent"
He picked the perfect mom and dad
Stand in for Dan
I always prop his tush up
Thats why I called George Bush up, to pick my Dan
I have a plan, now I've got Dan and Bush in
Theres one more place I'm pushin Dan
The Vatican

I'm a merger and an acquisition giant
From the fortune that he made off cigarettes
Donald Trump and T. Boone pickensThomas Boone Pickens Jr. was an American business magnate and financier. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. were compliant
Ivan Boesky Boesky served twenty months in prison on insider trading charges. phones from jail with his regrets
When I say I'm buying Kraft they think im joking,
But before he bought Nabisco you all laughed!
I've got those anti-trust attourneys really smoking
I'm the chairman of RJR Nabisco, American Tabacco, References in this song to American Tobacco and RJR Nabisco actually refer to RJR Nabisco forming in 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Phillip Morris Kraft
His new product combinations will cause marketing sensations
Your coffee will have more than just caffeine
From the brand name of nabisco, theres tobacco flavored chrisco
and im lacing gerber foods with nicotine
And once ive hooked your children one by one my acquisition phase is done
By the year 2001 America will all be run
By laurelart[?], RJR Nabisco, American Tobacco
By then you'll see the Whitehouse, Congress both will be divisions of Phillip Morris Kraft
yeah

Once they were all like castro
Pinkos Pinko usually derogatorily refers to liberals to imply they are communists. The meaning here being that pink is a lighter shade of red. in every way
What's the matter with reds today?
Reds!
Old Nikita Kruschev would bang his shoe
Reds!
Now they'll all be watching Phil Donahue The Phil Donahue Show, later known as Donahue, was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation.
Reds!
Have now decided that they were off their mark
Lech WałęsaElected in 1990, Wałęsa was the first Polish President elected since 1926. has a sense of business
beware of perestroika literal meaning "restructuring", Perestroika was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the late 1980s.
Reds!
little Nadia Comaneci I'm not entirely sure here. Nadia Comaneci was a romanian gymnast awarded a perfect score of 10.00 at age 14. said "I'm gone!"
Reds!
When they speak of 'Lenin' they now mean John! Vladimir Lenin, the bolshevik leader, and John Lennon, the musician.
They wanna be like we are
Perfect in every way
Oh, whats the matter with reds today?
>hey we got this great theory!
>yeah, you know why all the communists are heading west?
>pizza!
>first, the poles were "Hungary" for some pizza!
>then, the east germans "Czech"ed out the pepperoni
>now the romanians are "Russian" out for a slice of double cheese
>and you know what we call that?
>domino's theory "Domino theory" was a term coined by Dwight D. Eisenhower claiming that if one nation falls to communism, the adjacent nations too will fall. Dominoes is also a pizza chain.
Reds!
All the commie pinkos are doomed to fail
Reds!
Wanna ditch their Gorby for guys like Quayle?
Soon they will be like we are
Owned by the japanese!
To heck with Marx and with Lenin
Go check the fellows with yen
And we'll all be bought by the Japanese