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G G/F# Em G/F# G G/F# Em G/F# G G/F# Em G/F# G - G/F# - Em - G/F# So you voted for Ronnie Reagan? Howdy do! G G/F# Em Em/B D - D/C - D/B - D/A We've got a wonderful surprise in store for you. D D/C D/B D/A G G/F# E7 You got more than lower taxes and a larger lovelier home. A D G - G/F# - Em - G/F# You get a truly needy family of your own.
Yes, you get an actual family in the mail.
Once a month you'll get a letter without fail.
With a picture how they're doing and a plea for help each time,
But the best part is you never send a dime!
D G Oh, you got your boy in the White House like you always knew you would, D G G7 And now it's time to take the poor and stick it to 'em good. C G G/F# E7 You get the same heartwarming feeling of denying a dog his bone, A D G E7 With a truly needy family of your own, sir, A D G - G/F# - Em - G/F# A truly needy family of your own.
You got more than a new cold war when you cast that vote.
You got a chance to grab some poor folks by the throat.
Now it feels like a million dollars to take some ghetto kid and say,
Yes, you had a chance and I'm taking that chance away.
You get lists of all the help they used to get.
You can hear the old folks cough on a tape cassette.
You can hear the rats all squealing as they scurry across the floor,
And the sound of a street gang battering down the door.
For it's time for a new beginning and we're beginning to see the light.
No wonder folks are grinning and no wonder your hearts are light.
You get the same heartwarming feeling of denying a dog his bone,
With a truly needy family of your own, boss,
A truly needy family of your own.
It all comes in a plain brown wrapper to your address.
Please regard it as a tribute to your success.
You will follow your needy family as they suffer every blow,
And if they lose their home, you'll be the first to know.
We have all been told that life can be unfair.
And now, once a month, "Hey, Presto, you are there!"
For success alone is not enough to make a life complete,
It's seeing the other guy fail that makes it all so sweet!
And you got your boy in the White House like you always knew you would,
And now it's time to take the poor and stick it to 'em good.
You get the same heartwarming feeling of denying a dog his bone,
With a truly needy family of your own, bwana,
A truly needy family of your own.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1981)
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