"They're Not Young" - Marsh Family adaptation of Fun's "We Are Young" on Trump vs Biden for 2024

Having taken our followers down many a bizarre UK politics rabbit hole in recent months, we decided to flip things and wade in on the unfolding drama of the coming US 2024 Presidential election. Mindful that America is the most divided nation it has ever been, we decided to upset everybody in (nearly) equal measure. So we have made it about the advanced age of the two current frontrunners for the election, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who seem about to be locked in for a second head-to-head (unless one of them is locked up). No serious offence is intended - either to political partisans, or to people of a certain age who may bristle.
“We Are Young” was a smash stadium-rock style hit in the early 2010s - boosted by its inclusion in an episode of Glee in 2011. It was written by Fun (Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost) and Jeff Bhasker, with smooth guest vocals remotely recorded by Janelle Monáe. We had played with different ideas and possible backings to address the topic - including “Y.M.C.A.” and “Rich Men North of Richmond” - but this felt the most ‘us’ because it’s quite left-field and unexpected. And even while the track itself is pretty sprightly and energetic, the repetitive relentless chord sequence and drum beat feel in step with the same old faces dominating the political landscape and tying their respective parties in angst-ridden knots while seeking to return to the White House. Also: the music video features a slow motion riot and disaster unfolding where everyone’s disagreeing and fighting, so on point.
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ADAPTED LYRICS:
Give him a second try
To be a better President?
It ended badly last time
With the riot and the discontent
America’s degenerating
Voters losing heart
It seems they’re facing two protagonists
Ageing pretty fast, and
I know it’s ageist to lament they’re old
We all might hide things or forget
But we’ve seen the blinks and muddled thinks
The pause in Mitch McConnell’s speech, you know
Some kind of seizure or attack
So if by the time the race closes
And the Primaries come to town
We’ll hope they’ve withdrawn
Outright
They’re not young!
Someone get them to retire!
Why return Biden or worse Trump?
Go find
Someone young
Who’s not shaky or a liar!
Isn’t indicted - or infirm!
Now we know that Trump got
A bad mugshot
I guess that he, he just thought
Maybe he could find a way to scare the court
What a maniac!
Scamming Georgia votes
‘Cause he found someone to bully by phone
Biden’s
Soon eighty one!
Should be sat beside a fire
Writing his memoirs, having fun
To fly
In Air Force One
Might be something he desires
But to alight her takes a month
Both of them old and white (na na na na na na)
And neither too erudite (na na na na na na)
Both of them much disliked (na na na na na na)
As neither too statesmanlike (na na na na na na)
Time is not on their side (na na na na na na)
They have no reason to run (na na na na na na)
So will someone come and carry them home tonight (na na na na na na)
The angels haven’t arrived (na na na na na na)
But I can hear the choir (na na na na na na)
So will someone come and carry them home (na na na na na na)
Why?
Biden / Trump!
Someone get them to retire!
Isn’t it kinder not to run?
Don’t fight
Election
Be a felon in Atlanta
Or help your son Hunter with his guns
So if by the time the poll closes
And you haven’t fallen down
Still, maybe stay home tonight
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