Who Can Be A Failure . . . And Still Get A Pay Raise?

The Government Can! Tim Hawkins wrote the lyrics (listed after the videos) and performed them used them with the music from "The Candy Man" (aka - "The Candy Man Can"). "The Candy Man" originally appeared in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the film.

Tim Hawkins a former grocery truck driver and native of St. Louis has a way of reaching us with humor and reality.  He originally developed and performed this parody about the Government over three ago and it seems like everyday, the truth, i.e. "reality," is even more evident today. Yes, we ran this video almost three years ago. And, we are doing it again in an expanded version.

Let's smile for a minute. Below are two versions. The first is a live show version which shows Hawkins interaction with audience in Tennessee and the second is his professional released YouTube version which has over 5 million visits.

The Government Can- Tim Hawkins (Insanitized DVD)


Tim Hawkins - The Government Can

Tim Hawkins The Government Can Lyrics

(Hey everybody! Gather 'round! I'm here to give you
anything you like! You want free college, money,
mortages?! Whatever you like! You have come to the
right place! Why? I'll tell you why!)

Who can take your money? (Who can take your money?)
With a twinkle in their eye? (With a twinkle in their
eye?)
Take it all away and
Give it to some other guy

[Chorus]
The Government (the Government)
The Government can! (The Government can!)

Who can tax the Sun rise? (Who can tax the Sun rise?)
Who can tax the trees? (Who can tax the trees?)
Let you run a business and
Collect up all the fees

[Chorus]

The Government can 'cause
They mix it up with lies and
Make it all taste good! (Make it all taste good!)

The Government takes
Everything we make
To pay for all of their "sollutions"
Healthcare, Climate Change, Pollution
(Throw away the Constitution)

Who can give a bailout? (Who can give a bailout?)
Tell us to behave? (Tell us to behave?)
Make the Founding Fathers
Roll over in their graves

[Chorus]

The Government takes
Everything we make
They're power hungry
And malicious

The economics are fictitious
Soon we'll have to eat our dishes
Mmm! Delicious!

Who can be a failure? (Who can be a failure?)
In so many ways? (In so many ways?)
Instead of getting fired, HEY!
We'll give ourselves a raise!

[Chorus]

The Government can 'cause
They mix it up with lies and
Make it all taste good! (Make it all taste good!)
And your Uncle Sam can 'cause
He mixes it with lies and
Makes it all taste good! (Makes it all taste good!)

And I feel so good
Because the Government
Says I should! Oh!...

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