The House I Live in (a Parody)

Lewis Allan

Originale	La versione originale, cantata da Frank Sinatra
THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (A PARODY)	THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (A PARODY)
What is America to me? Viet Nam flim flam and Barry G. A certain word, hypocrisy, What is America to me?	What is America to me? A name, a map, or a flag I see? A certain word, "democracy"? What is America to me?
The house we live in On segregation street, The racists and the bigots And the jingoists we meet, The generals and the statesmen Who‘d drop the bomb with glee, Who'd rather burn the house down Than keep it safe and free.	The house I live in, a plot of earth, a street The grocer and the butcher, and the people that I meet The children in the playground, the faces that I see All races and religions, that's America to me
The same old crackpots From those MCCarthy Days Who simply have adapted And refined crude Nazi ways, They want to turn the clock back, Leave progress in the lurch, Goldwater is their leader And he's a son of a birch.	The place I work in, the worker by my side The little town or city where my people lived and died The "howdy" and the handshake, the air of feeling free And the right to speak my mind out, that's America to me
The things I see about me, And we know whom to blame, The cruelty and murder That brings oura country shame, The blood in Mississippi, The tragedy and tears, The freedom that's been shackled For a hundred and eighty years.	The things I see about me, the big things and the small The little corner newsstand and the house a mile tall The wedding in the churchyard, the laughter and the tears The dream that's been a-growin' for a hundred and fifty years
The house we live in It won't last long this way, We‘ve got to meet the challenge To survive from day to day, a The roaches have come crawling, Each rat and every louse, The truth must reach the people, ‘It is time to clean the house.	The town I live in, the street, the house, the room The pavement of the city, or a garden all in bloom The church, the school, the clubhouse, the millions lights I see But especially the people That's America to me