Lyrics Hungry Freaks, Daddy - Nellie McKay

Hungry Freaks, Daddy

Mr. America, walk on by
Schools that do not teach
Mr. America, walk on by
The minds that won’t be reached
Mr. America, try to hide
The emptiness that’s you inside
When once you find
The way you lied
And all the corny tricks you tried
Will not forestall the rising tide of
HUNGRY
FREAKS
DADDY
They won’t go for no more
Great midwestern hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren’t afraid to say
What’s on their minds
The left-behinds
Of the Great Society
HUNGRY
FREAKS
DADDY
Mr. America, walk on by
Your supermarket dream
Mr. America, walk on by
The liquor store supreme
Mr. America, try to hide
The product of your savage pride
The useful minds that it denied
The day you shrugged and stepped aside
You saw their clothes and then you cried:
THOSE HUNGRY
FREAKS
DADDY
They won’t go for no more
Great midwestern hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren’t afraid to say
What’s on their minds
The left-behinds
Of the Great Society