I used to think that communism was evil. But that was back when McCarthy was just a name, Red went with blue and white, And I desperately wanted to be Chinese, So I could have straight silky hair. I think I know more now. I think I know that communism was a dream That was good. Sweet milk, in a fertile valley Curdled by our acidic reality. I think I know more. How Lenin Should be remembered a hero. How Mao turned red into evil, How Stalin was one fucked-up looney. But we thought we knew we were safe in America, We thought we would never suffer from Hiroshima, We thought nuclear weaponry was fun and amazing, But that’s what the Greeks thought of Vesuvius.