That Was the Week That Was: Sept. 16, 2004

Sept. 16, 2004 -- Each week, "Primetime Live" closes with "That Was the Week That Was," a revival of a hit show in the 1960s that began in Britain with the BBC.

"TW3," as it's come to be nicknamed, is a catchy song and a big dose of satire. Here are this week's lyrics:

(SUNG)That was the week that was /Martha can't do her time soon enough /She'll miss her dogs and cats, pet chickens too /Then she'll cross hard time off her list of things to do.

(SPOKEN)Martha stood and delivered her address to the nation/To prepare her loyal subjects for her five-month vacation /I must reclaim my good life she told her corporate board /Was she accepting her fate or an Academy Award? /She stoically prepared for her sacrifice to come. /I go to join my kindred souls, she said, wrapping herself in Martha-dom.

(SUNG)That was the week that was /Congress gave our assault weapons back /Now crooks can get guns, bigger than the ones /On the shoulders of our soldiers in Iraq.

(SPOKEN)Kitty Kelley is trashing George Bush this round /After tearing Jackie O, Diana and Old Blue Eyes down ... /She wrote Dubya did coke at Camp David which made no pundits halt. /Perhaps it's Kitty's reporting that was taken with a GRAM of salt.

(SUNG)Oprah gave free cars away /Made a busload of people's day /Will the lesson that Bush and Kerry learn /Be: give swing voters all a brand new Chevrolet ...

(END STANZA) That was the week that was /It's over, let it go. /Oh what a week that was /That was the week that was!!!!!!!!!