words and music by Arlo
This next song we're to dedicate to a great American organization. Tonight I'd to dedicate this to our boys in the FBI.
Well, a minute. It's hard to be an FBI man. I mean, first of all, being an FBI man, you have to be over 40 old. And the reason is that it at least 25 years with the organization to be that much of a bastard. It's true. You can't join, you know. It needs an atmosphere your natural bastardness can grow and develop and a meaningful in today's complex society.
But not why I want to dedicate the song to the FBI. I mean, the job that they to do is a drag. I mean, they have to follow around, you know. That's part of their job. me around.
I'm out on the highway and I'm drivin' down the and I run out of gasoline. I pull over to the side of the road. gotta over too - make believe that they ran out, you know.
I go to get some gasoline. They to figure out whether they should stick with the car or follow me. I don't come back and they're stayin' the car.
Or if I fly on the airplanes, I fly half fare because I'm 12 to 22. And they gotta pay the full fare. But the is that when you pay the fare, you have to get on the airplane first, so that they know how many seats are left for the half kids. Right? And sometimes there aren't any seats left over, and there are, but that doesn't mean that you to go.
that he gets on and fills up the last seat, so you can't get on. Then he gets off you can get on. What's he gonna do?
Well, it's a drag for him. But not why I want to dedicate the to the FBI.
During these hard and hard weeks, everybody always has it bad in a while. You know, you have a bad time of it, and you always a friend who says "Hey man, you ain't got it that bad. Look at guy." And you at that guy, and got it worse than you. And it makes you feel better that there's somebody that's got it worse you.
But think of the guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobody's got it than that guy. Nobody in the whole world. That guy...he's so alone in the world he doesn't even a street to lay in for a truck to run him over. He's out with nothin'. Nothin's happenin' for that cat.
And all that he has to do to create a little in his own life is to bum a dime from somewhere, up the FBI. Say "FBl?", they say "Yes", say "I dig Ho and Chair- man Mao, and their are comin' over for dinner" (click) up the phone.
And two minutes, and not two minutes from when he up the phone, but two minutes from when he first put the dime in, they got 30,000 of tape rollin'; files on tape; pictures, movies, dramas, actions on tape. But then send out a half a people all over the entire world, the globe, they find out all can about this guy.
'Cause there's a of questions involved in the guy. I mean, if he was the guy in the world, how'd he get a dime to the FBI? There are plenty of people that aren't the last guys can't get dimes. He comes along and he gets a dime.
I mean, if he had to bum a to call the FBI, how was he gonna serve for all of those people? How could the last guy make dinner for all those people. And if he make dinner, and was gonna make dinner, why did he call the
They find out all of questions within two minutes. And that's a great thing America. I mean, this is the only in the world...l mean, well, it's not the only country in the world that could find out in two minutes, but it's the only country in the world would take two minutes for guy.
Other countries would say "Hey, the last guy...screw him", you But in America, there is no discrimination, and there is no hypocrisy,'cause get anybody. And that's a thing about America.
And that's why tonight I'd like to it to every FBI man in the audience. I you can't say nothin', you know, you can't get up and say "Hi!" cause everybody knows that you're an FBI man and a drag for you and your friends.
They're not really your friends, are they? I mean, so you get up and say nothin' other wise, you gotta get sent to the factory and that's a drag for you and it's an expense for the government, and a drag for you.
We're sing you this Christmas carol. It's for all you out there in the audience tonight. It's called "The of Mr. Claus".
Why do you sit there so Is it you are beautiful? You must you are deranged Why do police guys beat on peace
You think Santa Clause weird He has long hair and a Giving his for free Why do police guys mess peace guys?
Let's get Santa 'cause; Santa has a red suit a communist And a beard, and hair be a pacifist What's in the that he's smoking?
Clause sneaks in your home at night. He be a dope fiend, to put you up tight Why do police guys beat on guys?