Lyric discussion by ClassicRock5 

Cover art for M.T.A. lyrics by Kingston Trio, The

This is a great song, but few people know about it. It's a political song. All the people are fictitious except for George O'Brien, who was running for office at that time.

Actually the candidate's name was Walter O'Brien, but since he was a Socialist, the Kingston Trio changed his first name to "George" for the recording. And this really is a great song - I surprisingly learned it in a music class back in elementary school.