Regular people, just plain working folks Always stood out in my eyes. I scorn all those people who drink wine instead Of eating Frito pies.
Calvin TrillinRegular people, just plain working folks Always stood out in my eyes. I scorn all those people who drink wine instead Of eating Frito pies.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan’s a regular Joe– Bandar eats grits and he hunts. Ol’ Bandar digs NASCAR and country and snuff, And that’s why I do what he wants.
Bridge (sung with gusto): That Kenny Boy Lay was the salt of the earth. Too bad he took the fall. I like CEOs, they’re all common as dirt. I liked Kenny Boy best of all.
It’s plain folks with money this country’s about. Not Hollywood, not all that smut. To people in bluejeans with millions I pledge Your taxes will be cut.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”