Come open your ears and I’ll rhyme you a riddle.
It’s a riddle both easy and old.
About something gone wrong, it’s a helluva a song.
It might leave you sorry and cold,
But it’s a story that gotta be told.

Ole Hey Diddle Diddle, the guy in the riddle, 
He promised the women and men.
If you don’t mind the wait and you’re willing to hate, 
I’ll make you real great again.
I’ll make you all feel great again.

Old Hey Diddle Diddle, his brain is too brittle.
His house is too white and his hands are too little.
His temper too short and his tales were too tall.
And he wants us to build him a wall.

Well some people cheered when he came to town,
And the big bosses soon took a bow. 
Now they all stand around with their heads in the ground,
And wonder what do we do now?
What the hell do we do now?

Hey Diddle Diddle, he rants and he rails,
And he seems more impatient each day,
He stands up on TV where he likes be,
And this is all he has to say,
This is what we heard him say:

“I’m the best of the best, I’m Hey Diddle Diddle, 
I don’t take no shit, I don’t play second fiddle.
‘Cause I’m the smartest by far, and I’m humble no doubt,
And I am what I’m all about.”

So an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,
That’s what the poets all say.
Now facts are not facts and truth is not truth,
Well, that’s the price some of us pay.
It’s a high price that we all have to pay.

Hey Diddle Diddle, he rip and he roars,
And he grows more reckless each day.
He stood up on TV where he wants to be,
And this is all he had to say,
This is what we heard him say:

“I can do what I want. I can say what I please.
I can bring the whole planet right down to its knees.
I’m the man of the hour. I don’t always play nice,
But I might be your next Jesus Christ.
I might just be your Jesus Christ.”

Hey Diddle Diddle he murdered the middle,
While he courted the man in the moon.
But I think its past time to end a bad rhyme,
And that’s what I hope we do soon
Let’s all try to end this thing soon.

Come open your ears and I’ll rhyme you a riddle.
It’s a riddle both easy and old.
About something gone wrong, it’s a helluva a song,
It might leave you sorry and cold,
But it’s a story that gotta be told.

American Riddle

Christmas Time in the Sunshine State

No Christmas in Here

Best Of Days (Superman)

Bad Hand

Original song. Music and lyrics by Buz Piercey. Written 1978.

COWGIRL BLUES

Original song. Music and lyrics by Buz Piercey. Written 2014.

BEST BAD DECISION

Original song. Music and lyrics by Buz Piercey. Written 2015.

MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Original song. Music and lyrics by Buz Piercey. Written 2017.

ANOTHER DAY

Original song. Music and lyrics by Buz Piercey. Written 2013.

WHO I AM

Hippie poet troubadour. Kentucky singer and song writer. (Also a physicist, professor, software engineer, father, husband, brother, and son.)

Buz Piercey

Popular tracks