A Haller Family Story
In the sixties, in Chicago, lived my parents
During riots, assassinations, and the war
In a time when Johnson's War on Poverty
Was too often an excuse to attack the poor
My parents wrote to Oscar Mayer asking
If they would donate to their food pantry
The company responded with some boxes
Which they opened to see what they would see
The boxes contained many vinyl records
With the Oscar Mayer song in many styles
From barbershop to country to calypso
They blinked, for they could not believe their eyes
Now corporations' rights are on the increase
While the value of our lives just seems to fade
So I've written up a new Oscar Mayer song
Returning now the gift that they once made
Oh, I'd love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener
You know that I don't like to raise a fuss
But if we all were Oscar Mayer wieners
Maybe this country would give a damn for us
During riots, assassinations, and the war
In a time when Johnson's War on Poverty
Was too often an excuse to attack the poor
My parents wrote to Oscar Mayer asking
If they would donate to their food pantry
The company responded with some boxes
Which they opened to see what they would see
The boxes contained many vinyl records
With the Oscar Mayer song in many styles
From barbershop to country to calypso
They blinked, for they could not believe their eyes
Now corporations' rights are on the increase
While the value of our lives just seems to fade
So I've written up a new Oscar Mayer song
Returning now the gift that they once made
Oh, I'd love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener
You know that I don't like to raise a fuss
But if we all were Oscar Mayer wieners
Maybe this country would give a damn for us
Credits
Writer(s): Jacob Wolf Gibney Haller
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