If I Ran For Governor

If I ran for governor,

The people’d never know.

They’d never see my face 

Or know my name is Beau.

They’d want a big promise

Or for me to say “I can” 

But I would be something like 

Ambiguous Wonder Man

See with politics we’re tempted 

To be all up in the mix

And treat each problem as

Something we can solely fix

If you convince all the people

that there’s an emergency, 

and that you’re the one to fix it, 

then in power you shall be

Standing at your vanity 

In a self absorbed prism

We’re one mirror away from

total-itarian-ism 

So if I ran for governor 

And had to go campaign 

I’d do it so that when you voted

You’d never know my name.