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President Chang
No more years.

Here comes President Chang.
Here comes a lifestyle guy.
Here come President Chang.
Here come the leader of the gang. (he am!)
Here come President Chang.

Here come President Chang.
He never smokes but he sure inhales.
President Chang got the looks
From Mumar Khadafi to the princess of wales.

President Chang in his sneakers.
President Chang on his back.
Dopey got to dance with Crazy Patsy

Ross Perot - ears!
Patsy Cline

But President Chang got Fleetwood Mac.

Bring on the Land Witch, oh wheel on the Land Which?

Stevie Nicks

Whaddya think about that, Jack?
Kennedy

Whaddya think about that?

No more years.

His teenage daughter buys her clothes in a Tokyo boutique.
His teenage daughter buys her clothes in a Tokyo boutique.
And the name of this store?
I know you'll never believe me.
Yeah the name of this store?
I know you'll never believe me.
Tiny Spoons Club
Are we twigging something here?
Tiny Spoons Club
It's a lifestyle store.
Tiny Spoons Club
Are we twigging something here?
Tiny Spoons Club
It's a lifestyle store.

President Chang in the whitehouse.
President Chang in the charts.
President Chang in the classroom.
This is the way that he starts.

President Chang in Managua.
President Chang on the moon.
President Chang at the High School Hop.
President Chang with a bucket and a mop.
President Chang on the carpet.
President Chang for the free.
President Chang in the nation's heart.
President Chang, believe me.
President Chang in a state of suspense.
President Chang in the name of defence.
President Chang in the imperfect tense.
President Chang on a barbed wire fence.
President Chang in Honolulu.
President Chang in Beijing.
President Chang on a Christmas T.V. special.
Hear the little children sing

No more years.
No more years.
No more years.
No more years.

President Chang is a lifestyle dude.
President Chang wears lifestyle shoes.
President Chang has lifestyle hair.
President Chang ain't going nowhere.
President Chang got a job for life.
President Chang has a beautiful wife.
President Chang got it coming his way.
President Chang is in the neighbourhood to stay.

Here come President Chang.
Here come a lifestyle guy.
Here come President Chang.
Here come the leader of the gang. (he am!)
Here come President Chang.

No more years.

Why vote for the lesser evil?
Why vote for the lesser evil?
Why vote for the lesser evil?
Why vote for the lesser evil?

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Contribution: President Chang (remix)

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Insight

The Butcher Says..
"Chang" is London slang for Columbia's No. 1 Export. As far as that song goes, I reckon things couldn't be clearer. If the line "He never smokes, but he sure inhales" reminds anyone of a contemporary politician... well, hey, it's topical, and it also says exactly what I want to say.
Source: Pat Letter: 1994-09-13
Wrestling with life in Post-Historical Universe, we cast around awhile among some of the more extreme options open to the modern voter. A photo appears in a magazine in Florida showing the Grand Wizard of the local chapter of the KKK in full drag: he is eighteen. A drawing appears in a British newspaper depicting John Major strangling Norman Lamont with his underpants. Can being The President's man help your self-esteem? Your sex life? Why worry about Home Affairs when you will have No Home? Why vote for the Lesser Evil?
Source: Pat Letter 1993-08-30

Live Stats

8 documented performances (click to explore)
1993 3 (JBC)
1994 5 (JBC)

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  • Chang
    fishy[at]-remove-fishy.tv - pat, NN1
    4Feb2021 3:04 PM (2 years 45 days ago)
    I'm fairly sure that we never played the Chang song in America.
  • Only 8 times live?
    gregoryoung.soccer[at]-remove-gmail.com - Gregor (Vancouver)
    2Feb2021 9:09 PM (2 years 47 days ago)
    In the email list days when tapes were traded I was given one with a blistering version of President Chang. Pretty sure it was from a show in the States. I've still got several of those tapes but not the one with President Chang. Was hoping to find that or a similar version here.
  • Greater evil
    juan234329[at]-remove-msn.com-john - West seneca, New York, USofA
    3Nov2004 8:46 PM (18 years 142 days ago)
    Well.... I suppose you have to vote for the lesser evil, so that one morning you don't wake up to the f-ing BusH Junta running your country!