Here’s a strange mashup of B.J. Thomas’s “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1969 for one of the best films of all time, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) with Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s “I’m Still Standing” (released in 1983 on the album Too Low for Zero). Tess had no voice – she’s had this weird cough doing the rounds – hence a rather bit part.

The context is pretty self-explanatory in the UK, and it’s obviously a parody/satirical twist on (a) a happy-go-lucky tune given the election launch in the pouring rain, and (b) an anthem about survival in the face of adversity – given that many MPs are jumping off the proverbial ship that they sank. The General Election date was announced – to everyone’s surprise – by Rishi Sunak, with only a six-week lead in. That means 4th July will have significance, for once, on both sides of the pond… It will mark the retirement as MPs of a lot of characters that we have sung about in one form or another in recent years - including Matt Hancock, Sir Graham Brady, Kwasi Kwarteng, Theresa May, Dominic Raab, and lots more. And if you're looking forward to this vein of satire finally running dry, then you can look beyond it and support our original (non-political songs) coming this summer below, including one just before the election :)

You can read a bit about it if you’re interested here, to get a couple of the references: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c....

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LYRICS:

Raindrops were fallin' on his head
I just don’t get why he snubbed
The media suite instead?
It wasn’t just a bit!
Those raindrops were pourin’ as he read,
Metaphoring

But he just kept bangin’ on about his plan
And he said there’s gonna be
A snap election
Pleading for his job
You’d think we were scorin’ far ahead
In the polling

But there's one thing I know
Whoever’s sent to meet me
Will defeat me!
Cos all we’ve done is feather nests
And grift discreetly

[Switch to “I’m Still Standing”]

You could never know what it's like
A thumping great majority sacrificed
And there’s a Cabinet position I got to do
Ended up like a wrecking ball and causing vast abuse
Now, I’m not thinking I can ever win
So fare thee well, I’m not comin’ back again!
I got a second job with amazing pay
I’m pretty greedy though I seem upstanding
I’ll just hide away

Don't you know I’m not standin' – better to retire or quit
Reckon they’ll be few survivors! I don’t give a diddly-shit.
I’m not standin' – can’t be arsed this time
Leavin’ all the faeces in a pile for someone else to find
I’m not standin' (Nah, nah, nah)
I’m not standin' (Nah, nah, nah)

Once, I maybe coulda hoped to win
The Party’s now corroded to a loony bin
The mess we’ve made – they’re gonna cut us down
And if our boss was fit for purpose, he wouldn’t be drowning now

You know: I'm not standin' – face the music? God forbid!
Gonna find some other things to do with several million quid
I’m not standin’ in this firing line
Gonna find a Freeport or some fields of wheat to spend my time

I’m not standin' (Nah, nah, nah)
I’m not standin' (Nah, nah, nah)
I’m not standin' (Nah, nah, nah)
I’m not standin' (Nah, nah, nah)

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