did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?

Arlo Guthrie, whose Alice’s Restaurant is dished up like cranberry sauce each Thanksgiving, finally made the Macy’s parade this year. The protracted protest anthem tells the story of Mr. Guthrie’s 1965 littering arrest, as detailed in this uncredited and unsourced account: The lyrics tell the tale of how this trivial criminal event emerges as a major issue at the draft induction … Continue reading did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?