You got Ma Rainey talkin'
about a jelly roll
Chuck Berry workin' on a mojo
Bessie Smith singin'
bull dagger blues
Elvis twitchin' on
the evening news
Danger, danger, can't you see
That sex should stay a mystery
So ban that music, yes siree,
that's what America means to me
You're gonna ban Walt Whit
man and Jean Cocteau
All the queers will have to go
Mr. Tennessee Williams and Plato too
You gotta give J. Edgar Hoover
his due
Danger, danger, can't you see?
They're in your local library
So ban those authors, yes siree
That's what America
means to me
Gonna ban all the decos,
the wops and the kites
Gonna ban all the chinks
and the towelhead types
Ban all the wetbacks, ban all the fags
Wrap it up, tappin' the Amer
ican flag
Danger, danger, can't you see
It's dangerous when they are free
So ban those lazy refugees
That's what America means to me
I watched the news last night at nine
Saw a head blown off some
body's spine
The women moaned
and the children screamed
Doesn't anybody else
think that's obscene?
It ought to be a felony
to practice such stupidity
But it's my right, as you can see,
that's what America means to me
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