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The country music legend Dolly Parton is lashing out at politicians on both sides of the aisle with her new rock song “World On Fire.”

Parton Attacks Politicians In New Song

Fox News reported that lyrics of the song include: “Don’t get me started on politics / Now how are we to live in a world like this/ Greedy politicians present and past / They wouldn’t know the truth if it bit ‘em in the a–.”

When asked in an interview what politicians she was calling out, Parton replied, “All of ’em. Any of ‘em.”

“I don’t think any of ‘em are trying hard enough. I’m sure we’re all trying, but I just really think – I think often that they worry more about their party than they do about the people,” the 77 year-old “Jolene” singer continued.

“If we just do what we felt was the right thing, rather than who’s going to lose, or who’s going to win this, or who’s going to look better if they do this,” she added. “None of them are working from the heart.”

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Parton Doubles Down

Parton further elaborated on why she decided to write this song in a statement posted to her website.

“This is a song I felt very inspired to write. I think it speaks about everything and to everyone this day and time,” she wrote. “I hope it is something that will touch you and maybe touch enough people to want to make a change for the better.”

Parton performed “World On Fire” while hosting the ACM Awards last week. You can check out that performance in the video below.

Though Parton slams politicians in general with her new song, she’s always avoided taking political sides publicly.

“My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite,” Parton said in a 2017 interview. “I’ve got as many Republican fans as Democrats, and I don’t want to make any of them mad at me, so I don’t play politics.”

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Parton’s Friendship With Jane Fonda

Cheat Sheet reported that even though she’s not political, Parton has managed to maintain a friendship with her super liberal former 9 To 5 co-star Jane Fonda.

“I happen to see a side of Jane that I guess most people don’t,” she once explained. “She is very intelligent but she is also very shy. She is just like a little girl. I tell you, I just fell in love with that side of her. We don’t discuss what I believe and what she believes. But our friendship is strong enough now that if we ever did discuss it, I would tell her what I think.”

“Dolly is a person of heart and spirit,” Fonda told The New Yorker in 2018. “She’s not a political person, but we need more like her. She is profound and she has a really, really huge heart, and she’s really smart and deeply spiritual.”

In a time when celebrities are more political than ever, Parton’s apolitical stance is a refreshing one. Good for her for attacking all the corrupt politicians on any side of the political spectrum!

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