Jim From Greece

Jim from Greece is a clever fellow though he doesn't have a literary degree
He has learned from life and living few if any smart as he
He doesn't believe all he reads in the newspapers in the media propaganda rife
The book he has learned from is more truthful since he has learned from the book of life.

Jim from Greece is a fine dancer with the best he can hold the floor
On friday evening at the Greek club he dances for three hours or more
Familiar tunes from his home country take him to his village by the sea
Of that thing known as nostalgia Jim from Greece is not yet free.

Jim from Greece doesn't follow leaders he's very much his own man
He says to divide and conquer is a political plan
It was hatched by politicians to instil in the masses fear
From the mouths of politicians believe only half you hear.

Jim from Greece is in his fifties though in his dark hair little gray
One can't say about that fellow that he has known a better day
He is full of the joys of living many years left in him yet
And the knowledge of experience he's not likely to forget.

Jim from Greece I don't meet often though I've learned a lot from him
It's not a wasted conversation a half an hour talking to Jim
He's not one who believes in bureaucracy and he is a socialist true and true
And he doesn't say that politicians are of the enlightened few.