Lyric A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert

I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored
I been John O Hara d, McNamara d
I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I m blind
I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
Communist, cause I m left-handed
That s the hand I use, well, never mind

I been Phil Spectored, resurrected
I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered
Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
And all of my wealth won t buy me health
So I smoke a pint of tea a day

I knew a man, his brain so small
He couldn t think of nothing at all
He s not the same as you and me
He doesn t dig poetry. He s so unhip that
When you say Dylan, he thinks you re talking about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain t got no culture
But it s alright, ma
Everybody must get stoned

I been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered
Andy Warhol, won t you please come home?
I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled
Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled
I just discovered somebody s tapped my phone