Are you sure Shel Silverstein wrote it? The album I have and Wikipedia both credit Jack Clement. Anyway, I love this song because the humor in it is very true... people can get incredibly heated over political beliefs. In fact, you can even look at the performance of the "folk group" in the song as politicians at a debate, where as we all know shouting matches can occur, and it always seems like a "free-for-alls" will break out.
Are you sure Shel Silverstein wrote it? The album I have and Wikipedia both credit Jack Clement. Anyway, I love this song because the humor in it is very true... people can get incredibly heated over political beliefs. In fact, you can even look at the performance of the "folk group" in the song as politicians at a debate, where as we all know shouting matches can occur, and it always seems like a "free-for-alls" will break out.