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Follow on Google News | Need some Music for Election Day? Check out a song called "Run For Office"This is about a song and a poem called "Run For Office." The people will love this song and poem...politicians will hate it. The poem is included in this article. There is also a link where you can hear a free clip of the song.
"Run For Office" and "Big Bucks" now available on iTunes "'Run For Office' is a satire about power, politics, sex, lies, money and greed...all the stuff that politics is made of," says Robert Barrows of San Mateo, California. Barrows is the author of the poem version of "Run For Office' and a co-author of the song version of "Run For Office." "The people will love this song and poem, says Barrows...politicians will hate it." The poem version of "Run For Office" is included in this press release. You can hear a free clip of the song version of "Run For Office" at www.barrows.com/ Barrows also ran for office. He ran for Congress in the Democratic Primaries in the 12th Congressional District in California in 2006 and in 2008. He lost both times. "Run For Office" got some interesting mentions in some of the press coverage of his campaigns, and the song got some airplay when it was released in 1999 to radio stations that played rap and hip-hop. "In this kind of crazy political season, "Run For Office" is a poem and a song that can help you vent your frustrations about all the nasty, negative politics in local and national races and all the confusing ads you see for various ballot propositions." HERE IS THE POEM VERSION OF RUN FOR OFFICE: "RUN FOR OFFICE" Copyright 1995, Robert M. Barrows Out of work? Need a job? Run for office! Big debts, lots of sex? Run for office! Need prestige? Run for office! Get elected! Get respected! You even get yourself protected! Give unto Caesar that which is his! Get me Redford! Get me Liz! I'm going to make it really big... I'm going to run for office! All the money you need... The pleasures of power and greed... Got to start planting the seed... I'm going to run for office! Get elected! Get respected! Got to get myself selected! My future in bliss! I'll promise you that... I'll promise you this! ...With this big warm smile, hey I can't miss! There's nothing to lose, and I could actually win! A couple of lies, hey, that's not like a sin? Which race is open? I'm ready to go! I'll toss my hat in and here comes the dough! Where do I stand? It doesn't matter... I'm shaking everyone's hand! Oh what a feeling! I'm in command! Hey, nice to meet you! I'm running for office! Your goals are my goals! Vote for me! I'm your man! What are my plans? I'll show you when I get in office! "The song lyrics to 'Run For Office' are even more biting than the poem, " says Barrows. You can hear a free clip of the song version of "Run For Office" at www.barrows.com/ You can see the poem version of "Run For Office" and several other poems that Barrows has written in an ebook called "Crazy Robert's Poems and Potential Song Lyrics" which you can download for a dollar on Amazon. One other poem that Barrows has written along a political theme is a poem called "It used to be Made in America." It used to be Made in America is a poem about the loss of jobs and the consequences of the outsourcing of manufacturing to other countries. It used to be Made in America would also make some very powerful song lyrics and you can see the poem online at www.itusedtobemadeinamerica.com NOTE TO EDITORS: Please feel free to refer to all or parts of the poem and song version of "Run For Office" in any stories you may be doing. For more information, contact Robert Barrows at R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising & Public Relations (and politics and songwriting) End
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