I’ve got those dirty, lowdown fading lame duck blues.
You have to be aware of it; it’s all over the news.
I’ve got to keep extremists out, but now I have to choose.
If, under pressure, I resign, my candidates would lose.
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I have to do all that I can to beat Marine LePen.
The showdown is approaching soon; I just don’t know quite when.
I lost the last election, so I don’t have many friends.
The center isn’t holding; my PM might fall again.
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I’ve got the blues.
The neo-Vichy blues.
The center has been voted out.
For that, there’s no excuse.
We’re standing on a precipice
Between the two extremes.
That’s our new reality;
It isn’t a bad dream.