As a bit of fun in the Monday night program “Independent Nation,”John Richardson mentioned an old song “Indiana Wants Me.” I decided to ask our talented lyricist, Em, to re-set the words as she had done for our theme for the evening ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas FATCA.
What she has created describes our situation so well, I think it should become the theme song for all expat efforts to fight FATCA & the IGA’s, CBT & the discrimination against Americans abroad. It would be great if we could re-record it.
Just noticed, the singer-songwriter, R. Dean Taylor is a Canadian!
Parody of “Indiana Wants Me” by Canadian singer-songwriter R. Dean Taylor
(Sirens)
Now the U.S. wants me
Lord, I can’t go back there
Now the U.S. wants me
Lord, I can’t go back there
I wish Media
Had heard me
If a bill ever needed dying, it did
Congress had no right to say what they said about me
They were so cold and heartless calling ‘tax cheat’
Out there, FATCA is coming
I’ve been so tired of running
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