Odd O'blography

The Ballad of Donny and Al

I wrote this song parody almost five years ago. I had no idea that the orange oaf would reveal his man crush on Al Capone and make it even funnier today.

The Ballad of Donny and Al
(to the tune of The ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles)

Betting on casinos in Jersey,
Atlantic City cash seemed so sweet.
I kicked up a fuss
when my dealers went bust.
A stock scam put me back on my feet.

Al, you know it ain’t easy,
you know how G-men can be.
The way things are going,
they might incarcerate me.

Working with the mob in construction,
don't worry pal, the check's in the mail.
Sell steaks on the side.
or cheap Chinese ties,
and Trump U grades the students pay/fail.

Al, you know it ain’t easy,
you know how G-men can be.
The way things are going,
they might incarcerate me.

Moving into big time corruption,
expanding internationally.
Shady real estate deals
are a license to steal,
dirty rubles getting laundered up clean.

Al, you know it ain’t easy,
you know how G-men can be.
The way things are going,
they might incarcerate me.

Gerrymandered voter suppression,
they say that’s how elections are done.
We got caught colludin’
with Vladimir Putin,
but baby, it don’t matter, we won!

Al, you know it ain’t easy,
you know how G-men can be.
The way things are going,
they might incarcerate me.

Lying to the people comes easy,
self-dealing’s just a personal loan.
Emoluments too
are just a president’s due;
but tax evasion brought down Capone.

Al, you know it ain’t easy,
you know how G-men can be.
The way things are going,
they might incarcerate me.

Terrence G. Fisher 2019

Author's Note ▼

This is a song lyric set to the tune of The ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles.

Hear the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1OgNqBkVE

In the 1920's, the FBI was unable to nail gangster Al Capone despite his widespread criminal activity. He was finally brought to justice in 1931 by the IRS and sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion. He died of a syphilis infection before completing his sentence. Could history repeat itself?