a simple desultory philippic

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

a 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 of all my wealth won't buy me health

so i smoke a pint of tea a day

i knew a man his brain so small

he couldn't think of nothin' at all

he's 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 talkin' about dylan thomas

whoever he is

the man ain't got no culture

but its alright

ma

everybody must get stoned

i been mick jaggered

silver daggered

andy warhol

won't you please come home?

i been mothered

fathered

aunt and uncled

been roy haleed and art garfunkeled

i just discovered somebody's tapped my phone

folk rock

i lost my harmonica

albert