Seriously, how hard can it be to clear one of these fucking things? (Photo by Josh Bassett)

There hasn’t been any shortage of grievances against Pepco since last Friday’s intense derecho storm knocked out the power for 443,000 of the utility’s customers in D.C. and Maryland. And though today the company is boasting that it is ahead of its repair schedule, with service restored to more than 90 percent of affected customers, that isn’t stopping the stream of complaints.

Mayor Vince Gray, who returned from a week in China to discover his house was without power, was mad at Pepco on Monday. On Tuesday, Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) is threatening a full investigation by the D.C. Council on Pepco’s storm readiness. And Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley warned the company he would have his boot “up Pepco’s backside” to ensure a speedy recovery from the storm.

Still, tens of thousands of customers went days without power in the middle of a sweltering heat wave. But four housemates in Bloomingdale made the best of it, committing their ire with Pepco to song.

One of the housemates, Serena Golden, sent DCist a video she shot of her roommates performing a hasty, but acute, ode to Pepco’s many foibles this past week. Though the beat is jaunty and the singers are upbeat, the lyrics are unsparing. “It’s hot as hell outside,” they observe. And Pepco, despite many pleas for service, was unresponsive.

Golden’s housemates—Katie Zacharkiw and Dwight Rundle on guitar, with Kelly Harris on ukulele—composed and recorded the song while sweating through yesterday’s near-100-degree weather. “They seriously wrote and perfected the whole thing in a grand total of one hour, while I was upstairs showering by flashlight,” Golden says.

The tune, appropriately titled “Fuck You, Pepco” is irate and unforgiving, but fun and sure to please anyone who’s felt the hassle of Pepco’s slow response times. And, not surprisingly considering the title, you might want to put on earphones if you’re playing this at work. (Unless your coworkers are equally riled up about the power company.)

But enjoy this track. After all, how many other songs pose the question, “How hard can it be to clear a fucking tree?”

Golden says her house was finally switched back on about 7 p.m. last night. A relief, to be sure, but an untrustworthy one. “We’re still kinda holding our breath, because at this point it’s gone out four separate times and it’s hard to believe it will actually stay on this time.”

Here’s the song, with the lyrics pasted below:

When we lost our power they said
You’re shit out of luck
Cause we have a monopoly
So we don’t give a fuck

You say it’s hot as hell outside
You’re about to lose your lunch
But just you wait until you see
The bill from us next month

How hard can it be
To clear a fucking tree
Pepco has one job to do:
To keep the lights on in D.C.

What the hell you guys
Stop telling us these lies
All we want at this point
is air conditioning in our lives

Listen, now, we understand
We had a lot of rain
But that was like a week ago
Get your head in the game

Cause right now it appears to be
Lodged firmly in your ass
This hasn’t been a problem
for our water or our gas

Fuck you, Pepco
Suck a bag of dicks
Cut this bullshit
And get our power fixed
Motherfuckers

How hard can it be
To clear a fucking tree
Pepco has one job to do:
To keep the lights on in D.C.

What the hell, you guys?
Stop telling us these lies
All we want at this point
is air conditioning in our lives