Ray Stevens seems to have "found his voice"
From mild social satire like The Streak, Ahab the Arab, Gitarzan, and Along Came Jones to several humorous but strongly directed Political Satire songs. He isn't being "cute" any longer and even though the delivery might be tongue in cheek, the message and the directives are not.
The Political Hokie-Pokie "Put the Right ones in; Put the Left ones out"