I heard a song on NPR a long time ago, I'm pretty sure it was called
"The Young Republicans". I have no idea who the author is. The lyrics
are as follows:

Well she can drink and smoke and vote and has a place up with the boys
and her goal is to control the things the priveleged class enjoys
and motherhood will follow a career with equal pay
she doesn't think her drinking chums would take it all away

But the rights which she's embraced were won by people she despised
and opposed by those who top the list of men she'd idolize
and if she had nothing to lose I guess I'd understand
this political reactionary of the fatherland

And we lift our heads high, and yes we're the young republicans, 
we pledge in our neck-ties, and yes we're the young republicans

That's all I remember

Who wrote it?

Extra credit (read: $$) if you can find me the cd

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Request for Question Clarification by kutsavi-ga on 07 Dec 2002 08:42 PST

Hey Cardsharque, 

I too am a loyal NPR listener.  Any chance you remember which program
you heard the song on?  If not, what are the call letters of the
affiliate you listen to, and if possible, what time of day did you
hear the song? (eg. morning, afternoon...)  I'm thinking that it was a
satire piece on one of the feature shows like Morning Edition or All
Things Considered...any other clues?

Hello cardsharque-ga,

I haven’t been able to confirm that it is the same song, but there is
a song by a group called “Billy and Lisa” titled “Young Republicans”
on their album “Wake up the Neighbors”
(http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=SEARCH&sql=Azr508qxtbt04).

I found it listed for sale at a few places 

Records by Mail
http://www.recordsbymail.com/static/Rock_LPs/1080-1100.html

Vinyl Revival
http://www.vinylrevival.com/cgi-bin/srch.cgi?wake+up+the+neighbors

Bolt Beats
http://www.boltbeats.com/bolt-b-bl.html

Googlenut

Thanks googlenut,

I need to be sure it's the right group before I buy the CD.