Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues - Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1964

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This is called "Talkin' John Birch paranoid blues"
 I was feeling kinda a little down, blue
 I didn't know what I was going to do
 The communists was a-comin' around, they was in the air, they was on the ground
 They was fallin' me all over
 I run down most hurriedly
 And joined the John Birch society
 Got me a secret membership card, started walking home, found the road, yoo-hoo
 I'm a real John Bircher now, look out
 Now we all agree with Hitler's views
 Although he killed six million Jews
 It don't matter too much that he was a Fascist
 At least you can't say he was a Communist!
 That's to say like if you got a cold, take a shot of malaria
 I was lookin' everywhere for them gol-darned Reds
 I got up in the mornin' 'n' looked under my bed
 Looked behind the kitchen, behind the door
 Looked in the glove compartment of my car
 Couldn't find any
 Looked behind the sink, behind the chair
 I was lookin' for them Reds everywhere
 I looked way up my chimney hole
 Looked deep down inside my toilet bowl
 They got away...
 I was sittin' home alone an' started to sweat
 I figured they was in my T.V. set
 I peeked behind the picture frame
 Got a shock from my feet, hit me right up in the brain
 Them Reds did it!
 Them hard-core ones
 Well, I quit my job so I could work all alone
 Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes
 Followin' some clues from my detective bag
 Discovered there was red stripes on the American flag!
 Old Betty Ross...
 Now Eisenhower, he's a Russian spy
 Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy
 To my knowledge there's just one man that's really a true American
 George Lincoln Rockwell
 I know for a fact he hates Commies 'cause he picketed the movie "Exodus"
 Well, I finally started thinkin' straight
 When I ran outta things to investigate
 I couldn't imagine anything else
 So now I'm at home investigatin' myself
 Hope I don't find out anything... good God!

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03:52
Key
7
Tempo
105 BPM

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