Shachtman 25 Years Behind
Along came the L.I.D., the swiftest they could find.
Runnin' on that S.P. line just 25 years behind
With Natty Minkoff at the wheel, Mike Harrington just behind
Receiving their strict orders from Shactman right on time.
Harrington said to Minkoff, "My darlin' boy be still,
Your group may yet be saved if its Shachtman's blessed will."
"Oh, no," cried Nate, "that will not do, I'd rather die so free,
"I'd rather have the group I loved in 1933."
Shachtman wrecked the socialist left and laid it in a Democrat grave
He couldn't speak for workers no more, no principles did he save.
As the napalm fell on Vietnam he dined with George Meany,
And the very last words old Maxie cried were "Lovestone's Got Nothin' on Me."