CIA Dope Calypso

Allen GinsbergAllen Ginsberg

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In nineteen hundred forty-nine
China was won by Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Kai-shek's army ran away
They were waiting there in Thailand yesterdaySupported by the CIA
Pushing junk down Thailand wayFirst they stole from the Meo Tribes
Up in the hills they started taking bribes
Then they sent their soldiers up to Shan
Collecting ***** to send to The ManPushing junk in Bangkok yesterday
Supported by the CIABrought their jam on mule trains down
To Chiang Rai that's a railroad town
Sold it next to the police chief brain
He took it to town on the choochoo trainTrafficking dope to Bangkok all day
Supported by the CIAThe policeman's name was Mr. Phao
He peddled dope grand scale and how
Chief of border customs paid
By Central Intelligence's U.S. A.I.D.The whole operation, Newspapers say
Supported by the CIAHe got so sloppy & peddled so loose
He busted himself & cooked his own goose
Took the reward for an ***** load
Seizing his own haul which same he resoldBig time pusher for a decade turned grey
Working for the CIATouby Lyfong he worked for the French
A big fat man liked to dine & *****
Prince of the Meos he grew black mud
Till ***** flowed through the land like a floodCommunists came and chased the French away
So Touby took a job with the CIAThe whole operation fell in to chaos
Till U.S. Intelligence came into Laos
I'll tell you no lie I'm a true American
Our big pusher there was Phoumi NosovanAll them Princes in a power play
But Phoumi was the man for the CIAAnd his best friend General Vang Pao
Ran the Meo army like a sacred cow
Helicopter smugglers filled Long Cheng's bars
In Xieng Quang province on the Plain of JarsIt started in secret they were fighting yesterday
Clandestine secret army of the CIAAll through the Sixties the Dope flew free
Thru Tan Son Nhut Saigon to Marshal Ky
Air America followed through
Transporting confiture for President ThieuAll these Dealers were decades and yesterday
The Indochinese mob of the U.S. CIAOperation Haylift Offisir Wm. Colby
Saw Marshal Ky fly ***** Mr. Mustard told me
Indochina desk he was Chief of ***** Tricks
"Hitchhiking" with dope pushers was how he got his fixSubsidizing traffickers to drive the Reds away
Till Colby was the head of the CIA                                        January
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Allen Ginsberg

1926 - 1997/Male/AmericanIrwin Allen Ginsberg was a Beat Generation poet opposing militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression.

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