Tone It Down

When I find myself at al Jazeera
Tony Blinken comes to me
Counseling more silence
Tone it down
And in our hour of bombing he is calming
As he comes to me
Speaking words of conquest
Tone it down

And when the broken hearted people
living in the world agree
There must be ceasefire, let it be
And though the Congress funds it
There is still a chance that they will see
If they’re isolated, Let it be

But tone it down, turn that frown,
Upside down, Let’s break it down
How can we kill Gazans
If people see?

And when William Lloyd Garrison
Reported news of slavery
Lincoln (not A. Blinken)
Said tone it down
He pleaded “be more mellow, dude”
You’re histrionic, now we’re screwed
Here’s my words of cowardice
Tone it down

Tone it down, please sit down,
nervous breakdown’s not what we need
Slaves will get their freedom
By degrees

And when the genocide of Cheney
In Iraq was videoed
Every President said
Tone it down
Assange will rot in prison
Cause he showed what Manning stole from me
Whisper words of murder, tone it down

Tone it down, turn that frown,
Upside down, Let’s break it down
How can we kill Gazans
If people see?