Video: Martin Short Sings “Bastard in the Sand”

I don’t know how I missed this when it came out last May in the wake of the killing of Osama Bin Laden: “Bastard in the Sand,” a parody set to the tune of Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind.” But I’m glad I finally got to watch it.

Newsbusters reposted the video for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. A very fitting tribute to the man, I think:

Lyrics:

Goodbye, Al Qaeda’s Rose
Your beard never seemed too clean to me
So I’m glad they washed you off
Before they dumped you in the sea.

In the afterlife
Six dozen virgins sure sounded swell
So it must’ve burned your ass
When you ended up in hell.

It seems to me you lived your life
Like a bastard in the sand
Never knowing when the U.S. Navy SEALs would land
They caught you by surprise inside your secret base
Could’ve shot you anywhere
But why not in the face?

Goodbye, Al Qaeda’s Rose
To the world you were mad
And to your kids and 22 wives
You were also a deadbeat dad.

Multi-million dollar bounty
Placed on your head
You were wanted ‘dead or alive’
But in the end we went with ‘dead’.

Hat tip: iOWNTHEWORLD

Linked by Michelle Malkin in Buzzworthy, thanks!

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