It took some really intelligent design to write that song !!! ;-)
That said, I love the Double Decker guys. And this is a favorite song of mine of all the fine ones that they do. It has a great tune. It is a unique, well stated polemic that, miraculously, manages to exhibit exquisite irony in that it champions one side even while advocating the opposite position! CRAIG JOHNSON, who sang high tenor with this band for many years, is one of my favorite song makers of all time. He is one of the singer/songwriters whose written compositions sound like they could easily be actual folksongs. I think that's one main reason why I love them so much; why I gravitated to them in the first place. The other reason is that the tales told in his songs truly transport the listener to other eras and places where hard times labor scenarios shine revealing light on situations folks ought to know about. --- I do believe I was the first one to record his taumatergic songs "The Keweenaw Light" and "Fire In The Jackpines". (If I sound proud of that fact, it's because I am!) -------- Later on, I put his songs A North Country Tragedy" and "Way Down The Road" on my last CD in 1998.
Now I'm wondering who wrote this one??! Or did the song simply evolve Might it be one of Craig Johnson's ???