Nation: Schlock

It comes in red, white and blue

Cause we could take our BBguns Blow your buns to the sun Just our Boy Scouts could wipe you out. Some day soon, Khomeini You'll burn one flag too many Uncle Sam has got his pride You 're about to feel his clout.

That is the fervent chorus of A Message to Khomeini, an instant hit on WDLW, a Boston-area radio station. The song is part of the slick and quick hustle by schlock dealers nationwide to make a buck out of the crisis in Iran.

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