Let the record show It´s 1964, in the city of New York And take the train to Queens And meet a Jewish family
He´s the youngest one of three And his brothers have left home And he´s on the same road Just credits shy of a diploma
But he wants to represent The struggling with rent But he can´t live on both sides of the fence So he continues to insist that he´s no champagne socialist
And he´s not coming back After studying the facts He knows of all the problems of the past
But he´s quick to concede That in order to proceed We can´t just keep on preaching what we need
To become a working man Is to live and work with them And this is something you can´t pretend So he continues to insist that he´s no champagne socialist
(That he´s no champagne socialist) (He´s no champagne socialist)