Ballad of Gary Hart

(Tom Paxton) 

So he went into the politics game
Oh he went into the politics game
Warren Beatty told him, Lookee
You can get a lot of nookie
If you get into the politics game 

Who's that running down the alley in the dead of Friday night
As he zippers up his trousers in the inky, slinky light
Why, of course, it's good old Gary, leaping over someone's fence
Yes, it's Gary - Gary Hart - I wouldn't leave you in suspense
He likes going out to parties, he likes being in 'Rolling Stone'
And he ran things for McGovern, so I guess we should have known
He likes warm and willing women, he likes being where they are
He couldn't sing, he couldn't dance, but he just had to be a star 

When he landed in the Senate Gary started making hay
Gary started making nearly everything that came his way
He liked taking a position, but when all was said and done
Gary's favorite position was the missionary one
Kennedy was Gary's hero and he studied him with care
How he stood and how he walked and even how he wore his hair
But the thing that thrilled him most and made him swear he wouldn't fail
If he made it to the White House, think of all the chicks he'd nail 

Well he met her at a party and her name was Donna Rice
She was Gary's kind of women, she was pure Miami vice
She thought he was Gary Collins and could get her on T.V.
She suggested 'Monkey Business', and the rest is history
They caught him making whoopee and the campaign had to cease
He came back and tried again but now he's gone to find some peace
He's gone back to Colorado for a little while, and then
Just as soon as he gets horny he'll be coming back again 

Last chorus:
He'll be running in the politics game
He'll be running in the politics game
Warren Beatty told him, Lookee
You can get a lot of nookie
If you get into the politics game