Swen quotes Phil Ochs’s “Love me, I’m a Liberal”, which reminds me of this from The National Lampoon’s White Album Gold Turkey: National Lampoon Radio Hour/Greatest Hits:
I wish I was a Negro, with lots of Negro soul,
so I could stay true to my ethnic roots and still play rock and roll.
If I was a funky Negro, eatin’ soul food barbecues,
I wouldn’t have to sing the middle class liberal Well-Intentioned Blues.I wish I was an Indian, a grown-up Sioux papoose,
so when I get drunk on a beer and a half I have a good excuse.
I’d be a noble savage, wouldn’t ever wear no shoes,
and I wouldn’t have to sing the middle class liberal Well-Intentioned Blues.I wish I was a wetback on a strike in a lettuce patch
or a slant-eyed peasant with Viet Cong stashed underneath my thatch.
I only ever cross a picket line to pay my union dues
to keep on singing the middle class liberal Well-Intentioned Blues.But I am not a Negro (come on!), not a red man nor a Mex. (Join me, kids!)
I’m a member of the oppressing color, language, age and sex.
I sympathize with the Arab cause; I feel for the put-upon Jew.
And I keep singing —
the middle class liberal —
humanitarian —
meaningful dialogue —
we are all responsible Well-Intentioned Blues.
(And again I wish I knew how to display this with hanging indents.)
awsome song
I know this song. I learned it in the early 70’s and it is still the most politically incorrect song I know. Gotta love it!!
I believe the last verse, second line should read:
“I’m a member of the enlightened brotherhood of language, race and sex.”
RGD
From what source did you learn the song?
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6668250/a/White+Album.htm
Where did the song ago?
Oh, according to Amazon the 2003 print is “abridged” to remove this un-PC song.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002548/
[Ah, not the White Album but the Radio Hour. Thanks. —Anton]