Barry's Boys

We're the bright young men, who want to go back to Nineteen-Ten, we're Barry's boys

We're the kids with a cause, yes a government like grandmama's, we're Barry's boys

We're the new kind of youth at your alma mater

Back to silver standards and solid Goldwater

Back to when the poor were poor and rich were rich

And you felt so damn secure just knowing which were which

We're the kids who agree to be social without security, we're Barry's boys

'Cause his hat's in the ring where Westbrook Pegler once was king, now he's too left wing

So if you don't recognize any old Red China, or Canada, or Britain, or South Carolina

You too can join the crew, Tippecanoe and Nixon too

Back with Barry, back to cash and carry, back with Barry's boys

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get from the left to the right. Right

Roses are red, violets are blue, Walter Lippmann's a pinko, too. You got it, Joe

A-la-ka-nee, ka-nah, ka-nay, let's investigate the PTA

Barry, Barry, make your bid, I love John Birch, but oh you kid

Mother, mother, wear a grin, and don't complain, or we'll turn you in

Hold the presses, stop the mail, the Pentagon's having a one-cent sale

What's the latest news statistic? Hootenannies are socialist

Shut the door and lock and latch it, here comes Lizzie with a brand new hatchet

We're the kids full of nerve as long as it's conservative, we're Barry's boys

And we can't comprehend why our parents aren't friendlier to Barry's boys

Why Dad once crusaded for Sacco/Vanzetti

Now all we're doing is doing the same for John Paul Getty

Our parents emulated Roosevelt and Farley

But we just want to grow up to be like Ev and Charlie

No college days with Socrates or Plato, when you're Barry's boys

Just organize parades for the abolishment of NATO

And the rest, the entire West

So let's go back to the days when men were men, and start the First World War all over again

That's right you tell 'em son: 'Isolationism can be fun!

Back with Barry, back to cash and carry, back with Barry's

And remember, 'I'm an American first, and a politician second

Spoken like a true American politician

Back with Barry, not with Lyndon, Ike or Harry, back with Barry's boys