The Ballad of Gary Hart
Words & Music by Tom Paxton
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Who's that running down the alley
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In the dark of Friday night
As he zippers up his trousers
F C
In the inky slinky light
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Why, of course, it's good old Gary
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Leaping over someone's fence
G
Yes, it's good old Gary Hart
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I wouldn't keep you in suspense
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He likes going out to parties
G
He likes being a rolling stone
And he ran things for McGovern
F C
So I guess we should have known
C
He likes warm and willing women
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He likes being where they are
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He couldn't sing, he couldn't dance
C
But he just had to be a star
C G C
So he went into the Politics Game
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Yes, he went into the politics game
F G
Warren Beatty told him "looky"
C Am
You can get a lot of nookie
C G C
If you get into the politics game
C
When he made it to the Senate
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Gary started making hay
Gary started making nearly
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Everything that came his way
C
He liked taking a position
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But when all is said and done
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Gary's favorite position
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Was the missionary one
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Jimmy Dean was Gary's hero
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And he studied him with care
How he stood and how he walked
F C
And even how he wore his hair
C
But the thing that moved him most
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And made him swear he'd never fail
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If he made it to the White House
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Think of all the chicks he'd nail
C G C
So he went into the Politics Game
F G C
Yes, he went into the politics game
F G
Warren Beatty told him "looky"
C Am
You can get a lot of nookie
C G C
If you get into the politics game
C
Well, he met her at a party
G
And her name was Donna Rice
She was Gary's kind of woman
F C
She was pure "Miami Vice"
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She thought he was Gary Collins
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And could get her on TV
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She suggested monkey business
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And the rest is history
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When they caught him makin' whooppee
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And the campaign had to cease
Gary went into seclusion
F C
He just had to find some peace
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He's been out in Colorado
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Since, I can't remember when
G
But he must be gettin' horny
C
'Cause he's runnin' once again
C G C
So he's running into the Politics Game
F G C
Yes, he's running into the politics game
F G
Warren Beatty told him "looky"
C Am
You can get a lot of nookie
C G C
If you get into the politics game