4084. LISTENING IN THE STANDS

LISTENING IN THE STANDS

Billy Joel to the rafters : Allentown

and Goodnight Saigon; or whatever

passes today for the situations of

pomp and circumstance. How free am

I? Not very. I want the Senators and

Congressman all rounded up and jailed;

they are, after all, you know, cheats and

liars, thieves and criminals, and war

criminals too. So, why not? I'm so free

that I can't say that. I want the Presidents

and all their cabinets and officers taken in,

incarcerated. I want their Libraries burned,

and all their sick, Presidential papers. Screw

them. How free am I? Can I ask that?

And we're living here in Allentown, and

they're closing all the factories down.

I want the IRS shuttered, and all those sick

indigents floating on my dollar broken down.

I want the military blown to bits itself.

How free am I? I want the schools closed

and all the churches shuttered. And we're

living here in Allentown. We came as

brothers to Parris Island; we left as

inmates of an asylum.

How free am I then?