Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Live At Town Hall, New York, Ny - April 1963)
Bob Dylan
5:17This is called talkin' John Birch Blues And there ain't nothing wrong with this song Well, I was feelin' sad and kinda blue I didn't know what I was gonna do The communists was a-comin' around They was in the air They was on the ground They was all over So I run down most hurriedly And joined up with the John Birch Society I got me a secret membership card I went back home to the yard Started looking on the sidewalk Under the hedges Well, I got up in the mornin' I looked under my bed I was lookin' every places for them gol-darned Reds Looked behind the sink, and under the floor Looked in the glove compartment of my car Couldn't find any Look behind the cloths, behind the chair Lookin' for them Reds everywhere I looked way up my chimney hole Even looked deep inside my toilet bowl They got away I heard some footsteps by the front porch door I grabbed my shotgun from the floor Snuck around the house with a huff and a hiss "Saying hands up you communist" It was the mail man, he punched me out Well, I was sittin' home 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, right up in the brain Them reds did it Hooting in the television Well, I quit my job, so I could work alone Got a magnifying glass like Sherlock Holmes Followed some clues from my detective bag And discovered red stripes on the American flag Betty Ross Now Eisenhower, he's a Russian spy Lincoln, and Jefferson and then Roosevelt guy To my knowledge, there's just one man That's really and truly an American That's 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 run outta things to investigate I couldn't imagine nothin' else So now I'm home investigatin' myself Hope I don't find out too much, good God