A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)

Album: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme (1966)
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  • I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored
    I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd
    I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind
    I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
    Communist, 'cause I'm left-handed
    That's the hand I use, well, never mind

    I been Phil Spectored, resurrected
    I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered
    Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
    And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
    And all my wealth won't buy me health
    So I smoke a pint of tea a day

    I knew a man, his brain was so small
    He couldn't think of nothing at all
    Not the same as you and me
    He doesn't dig poetry
    He's so unhip that when you say Dylan
    He thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas
    Whoever he was
    The man ain't got no culture
    But it's alright, ma, everybody must get stoned

    I been Mick Jaggered and silver daggered
    Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?
    I been mother, father, aunt and uncled
    Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled
    I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone

    Folk rock
    I've lost my harmonica, Albert Writer/s: Paul Simon
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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  • Zvi Swerdlove from IsraelJust a small addition to the information you provided: Silver Dagger is an old American folk song performed by Joan Baez and included in her debut album.
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