Let the record show
It´s 1964, in the city of New York
And take the train to Queens
And meet a Jewish family

He´s the youngest one of three
And his brothers have left home
And he´s on the same road
Just credits shy of a diploma

But he wants to represent
The struggling-with-rent
But he can´t live on both sides of the fence
So he continues to insist that he´s no champagne socialist

And he´s not coming back
After studying the facts
He knows of all the problems of the past

But he´s quick to concede
That in order to proceed
We can´t just keep on preaching what we need

To become a working man
Is to live and work with them
And this is something you can´t pretend
So he continues to insist that he´s no champagne socialist

(That he´s no champagne socialist)
(He´s no champagne socialist)