I saw a photo of the First Lady, and the fifth verse of this kind of popped into my head. Took a moment to write the rest. The tune is Cat Stephen (Yusuf Islam)’s Lady d’Arbanville.
May 2026
My Lady Melania, why do you seem so stern?
You stand there, not smiling
You calmly wait your turn, you calmly wait your turn
My Lady Melania, so many many chances lost
You had such potential
What ever was the cost, what ever was the cost?
My Lady Melania, where do you sleep at night?
From sundown he’s tweeting
And none of it’s your fight, it doesn’t seem all right
My Lady Melania, your eyes stare far ahead
Your lips move like counting
What touches you instead, ambition, dreams or dread?
My Lady Melania, you’ve always known it’s true
There is no escaping
The only way is through, the only way is through
La la la la la…
My Lady Melania, why does it grieve us so?
You’ve lived on the outside
It may be ever so, it may be ever so
We’ll love you my lady, when all of this is done
It can’t last forever
We’ll see again the sun, we’ll see again the sun
We’ll love you my lady, when all of this is done
It can’t last forever
We’ll see again the sun, we’ll see again the sun