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