When Karl Marx was a boy
He took a hard look around
He saw people were starving all over the place
While others were painting the town
A public-spirited boy
Became a public-spirited man
So he worked very hard and he read everything
Until he came up with a plan
There'd be no exploitation
Of worker or his kin
No discrimination
'Cause the color of your skin
No more private property
It would not be allowed
No one could rise too high
No one could sink too low
Or go under completely like some we all know
If Marx were living today he'd be rolling around in his grave
And if I had him here on my mansion on the hill
I'd tell him a story that would give his old heart a chill
It's something that happened to me
I'd say Karl I recently stumbled
Into a new family
Two little children in school
Where all little children should be
I went to the orientation
All the young mommies were there
Karl you never have seen such a glorious sight
As these beautiful women arrayed for the night
Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars, and queens
They'd come there with men much like me
Froggish men, unpleasant to see
Were you to kiss one, Karl,
Nary a prince would there be
Oh Karl, the world isn't fair
It isn't and never will be
They tried out your plan
It brought misery instead
If you'd seen how they worked it
You'd be glad you were dead
Just like I'm glad I'm livin' in the land of the free
Where the rich just get richer and the poor you don't ever have to see
It would depress us, Karl,
Because we care
That the world
Still isn't
Fair.
When Karl Marx was a boy He took a hard look around He saw people were starving all over the place While others were painting the town
A public-spirited boy Became a public-spirited man So he worked very hard and he read everything Until he came up with a plan
There'd be no exploitation Of worker or his kin No discrimination 'Cause the color of your skin
No more private property It would not be allowed No one could rise too high No one could sink too low Or go under completely like some we all know
If Marx were living today he'd be rolling around in his grave And if I had him here on my mansion on the hill I'd tell him a story that would give his old heart a chill It's something that happened to me
I'd say Karl I recently stumbled Into a new family Two little children in school Where all little children should be
I went to the orientation All the young mommies were there Karl you never have seen such a glorious sight As these beautiful women arrayed for the night Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars, and queens
They'd come there with men much like me Froggish men, unpleasant to see Were you to kiss one, Karl, Nary a prince would there be
Oh Karl, the world isn't fair It isn't and never will be They tried out your plan It brought misery instead If you'd seen how they worked it You'd be glad you were dead Just like I'm glad I'm livin' in the land of the free Where the rich just get richer and the poor you don't ever have to see It would depress us, Karl, Because we care That the world Still isn't Fair.