If you seek cheap laborers,
They aren’t hard to find.
They are on street corners everywhere.
But if they must be citizens
Whose language skills are refined,
You might find the cost just too much to bear.

Amnesty is such a useful tool,
We should overlook its flaws.
Amnesty is why Wall Street will fool
The Senate into passing laws.

Ted can always find some friends
On both sides of the aisle
When he wants to trade some influence.
But as they dispense their sound bites
And show their pretty smiles,
Fifty more aliens hop the fence.

Amnesty is such a funny bill
Born of slapstick politics.
Amnesty’s been making voters ill
Since it failed in ’eighty-six.

They can say ‘Z visa,’
They can ‘legalize,’
But they won’t say the ‘A word,’
‘Though they know it applies.
Congress tries to comfort you
With promises and lies.
We know (we know), we know, whoa-whoa-whoa

Yes, they charge a hefty fee
To legitimize
Aliens who broke laws to come here.
But it is still dishonesty
When politicians disguise
Certain words they don’t want us to hear.

Amnesty is the most lonely word
Everyone tries to avoid.
Amnesty in Congress is not heard,
It’s a linguistic hemorrhoid.