Blank Slate (Blank Space Parody)

Lyrics/Vocals: Cora Ams
Production: Liz Merkey
For POLS-209-01
Lyrics:
Sixteen-eighties in England
I could show you incredible things
During the Enlightenment
Looked around and I thought
"Oh, my God, the monarchy
Is looking just like tyranny
Parliament needs sovereignty" Ay
Leviathan is full of lies
Subjugating humanity
Ain't it funny? Rumors fly
Human nature ain’t that scary
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your treatise and my hand
I can make the Royalists good for a weekend
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can protest when it’s over
If your government is causing pain
Gotta make the contract stronger
People help play the game
Cause you know that I love the commonwealth
And you love the state
'Cause we're young, and we’re reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll be glorious
Or lead back to the start
Got a long list of old monarchs
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank slate, baby
And I'll legislate
Unanimous society
Constitutions are incredible things
Formed by the majority
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
Find out what you want
Man is ruled by reason
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no
Screaming, crying, state of war
Law of Nature makes us turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
"Oh, my God, democracy?"
I’m influenced by biases
But you'll come back each time you leave
For natural rights: life liberty and property
So we’ll separate the powers
Or it’s gonna go down in flames
Check and balance each other
Prerogative in a rare case
Gotta make the contract stronger
People help play the game
Cause you know that I love the commonwealth
And you love the state
'Cause we're young, and we’re reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll be glorious, mm
Or lead back to the start
Got a list of rationalists
They'll say knowledge is innate
But I've got a blank slate, baby
And I'll legislate
The state of nature isn’t state of war no
Don’t say I didn’t, say I didn’t warn ya
The state of nature isn’t state of war no
Don’t say I didn’t, say I didn’t warn ya
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can protest when it’s over
If your government is causing pain
Gotta make the contract stronger
People help play the game
Cause you know that I love the commonwealth
And you love the state
'Cause we're young, and we’re reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll be glorious
Or lead back to the start
Got a long list of old monarchs
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank slate, baby
And I'll legislate