The Plan That Got Away

[The Prof]

To be sung to Judy Garland's signature solo, "The Man That Got Away," from Cukor's cinema classic, "A Star Is Born," 1954:

THE PLAN THAT GOT AWAY

The White House lonely
Wants health care now and only
Progressives bolder
Stand by Obama's shoulder
And all because of the plan that
Got away

No more the pundits call
Reform is in free fall
All measures in full stall
Still today

Ambitions once real
Are out of reach, there's no deal
The lib'ral caucus
Is at the throat of Baucus
It's all so raucous, Obama
Has no say

No more the media thrill
There's rancor on the Hill
The Waxman-Rangel bill
Must decay

Forbiddence, farewell
Every line of text
We all know
But libs will be libs
And what's to come next

The path gets steeper
The Medicare cuts deeper
The fines and taxes
The campaign's off its axis
No one relaxes, the middle
Class must pay

Ever since baseball began
There's nothing wilder than
A one-pitch pitcher pitching for the plan that
Got away

The plan...
That got...
Away


The Prof