Your song….

Got so mad over Putin and Russia's approach to gay people, I had to rewrite Elton John and Bernie Tapin's 'My Song'

"Putin’s Song"

It's a little bit nasty, this law you brought in

For just being gay, which isn’t a sin

I don't have much power but boy if I did

I'd run my country so everyone lived

If you were a statesman, you’d take this away

And welcome them all, be they straight, bi or gay

I know it's not much but it's the best thing to do

Your gift is their lives, free, open and true

And you can tell everybody you were just wrong

It may be quite simple but it shows you are strong

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words

How terrible life is while you're in the world

Thrown off the roof and kicked in the street

It’s now open season on all gays if they meet

Russia’s sons are being killed while you chat with the press

You suck up in public with the hope to impress

So excuse me for rambling but these things I do

You see I so angry as they’re beaten so blue

Anyway the thing is what I really mean

Yours are the coldest eyes I've ever seen

But you can tell everybody you were plain wrong

It may be quite simple but it’d show you are strong

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words

How terrible life is while you're in the world

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words

How terrible life is while you're in the world