The Ballad of Claudine Gay
Sung to “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” by Paul Simon
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0RrF6KsI8)
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So long, Claudine Gay
I can’t believe your song is gone so soon
We barely learned the tune
So soon
So soon
I remember, Claudine Gay
Chosen to lead Harvard into a brand-new day
Female, Black, though not actually gay
So gay
So gay
College presidents may come and college presidents may go and never change your point of view
“It all depends on the context” were the words that spelled your doom
So long, Claudine Gay
You were naive to give Elise Stafanik the last hurray
And then the New York Post had its day
That you play (gorize)
That you play
Yes it was a witch hunt, but they found the pay dirt, then there wasn’t much you could do
But to re-sign when they made example out of you
So long, Claudine Gay
The scrutiny you faced was more than they’d ever lay…on a white man
I’m sorry for you but it makes me appreciate all the more
Obama, eight years
All the more…
So clean, eight years
All the more…
No scandals, eight years
All the more…
No drama, eight years
All the more…
Obama, eight years
All the more…
So clean
Obama!
