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THE BEER PARLOR

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THE BEER PARLOR

Politics and weather

Little round seated chairs
no-one could have sat on
ten minutes completely sober

Little round tables
completely covered at last call
fluted glasses perfectly filled
to the well marked tide line
(no charging for foam here)

Smell of well aged
beer, barf and barn boots
but no matter, it was men only
and they didn’t seem to care

In the service of progress I guess
it was decided by the province
that each town could vote
on women being allowed
to enter these sacred halls

George, the owner,
a man of steady habits
and unshakable prejudices
thinly disguised as principles
said “If you vote for this I close the place”
They did, and he did

THE BALLAD OF BARRY BARACK

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THE BALLAD OF BARRY BARACK

There once was a Halfro-American boy
his Kenyan father’s glancing blow
and his Mid-West mother’s pride and joy
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Raised where two directions are all you can see
toward the mountains and towards the sea
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And Barry was the white side
and Barack was the black
as handsome as a Tiger
and sharp as a tack
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Went off to Harvard to run the review
and streets of Chicago some real good to do
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A wise young man with a funny old name
America you’ll never be the same
America you’ll never be the same
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He didn’t change all prejudice
but he sure did make a dent
and that is how he got to be
the U.S. President

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