VIII. Somebody Sitting in a Bed Some Place

Credits

+ Produced, composed, engineered, and mixed by Henry Bloomfield
+ Keyboards, vocals, programming, string arrangement, and lyrical arrangement by Henry Bloomfield
+ Lyrics by Robert Mueller III, Donald J. Trump, Konstantin Kilimnik, Donald Trump Jr., George Papadopoulos, Don McGahn, Mike Pence, and Michael T. Flynn 
+ Violin performed by Chiara Fasi
+ Cello performed by Susan D. Mandel
+ Mastered by Brian Lucey
+ Photography by Shealah Craighead and an employee of the United States Department of Justice

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Verse 1
The decision to recuse was not a close call¹
You left me on an island²
Not again, this guy, this stuff³
I don’t know if you could un-recuse yourself, you’d be a hero⁴
I hardly know the man⁵

If he doesn’t write a letter
Then maybe I’ll have to get rid of him⁶
I’m going to read you a letter⁷
Not again, this guy, this stuff⁸
I don’t know if you could un-recuse yourself⁹
You will probably be rewarded¹⁰
I am carefully optimistic¹¹

Prechorus 1
If it’s what you say I love it, especially later in the summer¹²
Just hi, how are you, that’s it¹³
If it’s what you say I love it, especially later in the summer¹⁴
But I’m on the road at the moment¹⁵

Chorus 1
It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place¹⁶
The Prez had asked to do crazy shit¹⁷
Nothing could be further from the truth¹⁸
Because¹⁹
I’m on the road
I’m on the road²⁰
Tit for tat, tit for tat²¹

Verse 2
The decision to recuse was not a close call²²
I think it’s ridiculous, just another excuse²³
The decision to recuse²⁴
Was not a surprise²⁵
I think we ought to get on with our lives²⁶

Prechorus 2
If it’s what you say I love it, especially later in the summer
If it’s what you say I love it, especially later in the summer²⁷
I don’t talk about that now, I don’t talk about that²⁸
If it’s what you say I love it, especially later in the summer
But I’m on the road at the moment²⁹

Chorus 2
I’m on the road
I’m on the road³⁰
Oh my god, I’m fucked
I’m fucked³¹
It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place³²
The Prez had asked to do crazy shit³³

¹ In regard to Jeff Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from any investigations connected to Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election (p. 49 of “TMR” V. II [p. 315 of TWP edition])

² DJT in regard to Session’s decision to recuse himself (p. 75 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 341 of TWP edition])

³ DJT expressing anger toward Michael T. Flynn over his communications with Sergey Kislyak (p. 32 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 298 of TWP edition])

⁴ DJT trying to convince Sessions to unrecuse himself (p. 109 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 375 of TWP edition])

⁵ DJT denying that he had asked for James Comey’s pledge of allegiance (p. 35 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 301 of TWP edition])

⁶ DJT threatening that he would fire Don McGahn if McGahn didn’t write a letter explaining that he was never ordered to terminate the SC. DJT did in fact make this order (p. 116 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 382 of TWP edition])

⁷ DJT on 5/8/17 during a meeting with his senior advisors, in reference to the termination letter he’d written to fire Comey (p. 66 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 332 of TWP edition])

⁸ DJT (p. 32 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 298 of TWP edition])

⁹ DJT (p. 109 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 375 of TWP edition])

¹⁰ DJT on 7/27/16, suggesting that if Russia (“Russia, if you’re listening…”) could find Hilary Rodham Clinton’s 30,000 missing emails, that the American press would reward them (p. 18 of “TMR” V. II [p. 284 of TWP edition])

¹¹ Konstantin Kilimnik emailing Paul Manafort in regard to Oleg Deripaska’s potential interest in the U.S. 2016 election (also, perhaps in reference to Manafort’s future job prospects in connection to Deripaska) (p. 137 of “TMR” V. I [p. 199 of TWP edition])

¹² Donald Trump Jr. responding via email to Rob Goldstone. Goldstone had told Trump Jr. that he had recently been contacted by Emin Agalarov, who explained that his father Aras Agalarov had recently met with the crown prosecutor of Russia. Said crown prosecutor was willing to offer up sensitive information and documents to the Trump campaign that would incriminate Hillary Rodham Clinton (p. 113 of “TMR,” Volume I [p. 175 of TWP edition])

¹³ George Papadopoulos (energy consultant and a national security advisor to the Trump campaign), falsely claiming that he had met Olga Polonskaya (a Russian national who was falsely thought to be Vladimir Putin’s niece) prior to joining the Trump campaign and that the extent of their relationship was merely Polonskaya sending him emails like “Just, ‘Hi, how are you?’ That’s it.” In reality, the two first met on 3/24/16 after Papadopoulos had joined the Trump campaign. Papadopoulos believed that Polonskaya had connections to powerful Russian government officials and that she could help him coordinate potential foreign policy trips to Russia (p. 193 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 255 of TWP edition])

¹⁴ Trump Jr. (p. 113 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 175 of TWP edition])

¹⁵ Trump Jr. responding via email to Goldstone, explaining that although he was “on the road at the moment,” he was interested in communicating with Emin Agalarov about a potential meeting (p. 113 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 175 of TWP edition])

¹⁶ DJT on 12/10/16, disregarding the press reports that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Trump claimed that the intelligence community had no idea if the hackers were Russian or Chinese or even that it could be “somebody sitting in a bed some place” (p. 21 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 287 of TWP edition])

¹⁷ Don McGahn, as recalled by Reince Priebus. McGahn did not explicitly reveal the nature of the “crazy shit” to Priebus, however, it later came out that he was referencing DJT’s order that he terminate the SC (p. 87 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 353 of TWP edition])

¹⁸ Vice President Mike Pence, denying any chance that the Trump campaign had been “in cahoots” with WikiLeaks’ release of damaging information about Hilary Rodham Clinton (p. 21 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 287 of TWP edition])

¹⁹ DJT explaining that he had no dealings with Russia and that he had no future deals that could happen in Russia because he’d “stayed away,” (p. 23 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 289 of TWP edition])

²⁰ Trump Jr. (p. 113 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 175 of TWP edition])

²¹ Flynn responding via text to a Transition Team member. Flynn said: “Tit for tat w Russia not good,” in reference to his feelings that the U.S. should not get into an escalated conflict with Russia over the sanctions that Barack Obama imposed on the country (p. 170 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 232 of TWP edition])

²² p. 49 of “TMR,” V. II (p. 315 of TWP edition)

²³ DJT on 12/10/16, disregarding the press’ reports that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election (p. 21 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 287 of TWP edition])

²⁴ p. 49 of “TMR,” V. II (p. 315 of TWP edition)

²⁵ “Bannon recalled telling the President that Sessions’s recusal was not a surprise” (p. 51 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 317 of TWP edition])

²⁶ DJT responding when asked about Obama’s decision to impose sanctions on several Russian individuals and entities (p. 22 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 288 of TWP edition])

²⁷ Trump Jr. (p. 113 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 175 of TWP edition])

²⁸ DJT responding to reporters’ questions about whether he would pardon Manafort if he were convicted of eight counts of bank and tax fraud (p. 126 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 392 of TWP edition])

²⁹ Trump Jr. (p. 113 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 175 of TWP edition])

³⁰ Trump Jr. (p. 113 of “TMR,” V. I [p. 175 of TWP edition])

³¹ DJT, responding to Sessions’ news that a SC had been appointed (p. 78 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 344 of TWP edition])

³² DJT (p. 21 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 287 of TWP edition])

³³ McGahn (p. 87 of “TMR,” V. II [p. 353 of TWP edition])