I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler – by Tom Paxton, sung by Arlo Guthrie

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight/And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight.
What a dollar used to get us/Now won’t buy a head of lettuce/No, the economic forecast isn’t right
But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray/I can even glimpse a new and better way
I’ve devised a plan of action/Worked it down to the last fraction/And I’m going into action here today.

[Cho:]
I am changing My Name To “Chrysler”/I am going down to Washington, D.C.
I will tell some power broker/What they did for Iacocca/Will be perfectly acceptable to me.
I am changing my name to ‘Chrysler’/I am heading for that great receiving line,
So when they hand a million grand out/I’ll be standing with my hand out/Yes sir, I’ll get mine.r you