Lyric discussion by sungis 

My father joined the Unification Church at a workshop at the Unification Theology Seminary in Barrytown. Many members lived there and worked there and witnessed and recruited youth at Bard College, where Don Fagen and Walter Becker went to college.

Unificationists were known to be clean cut, wear suits and frequently carried clip boards and pamphlets. Moonies, as they are better known, were infamous and remain infamous and were frequently in the news in the 70s.

This is likely about the Moonies in Barrytown.

@sungis I like this explanation best.

@sungis The song Barry Town was writen 1969 and there was a demo recording of it then. It was on album Pretzel Logig from February 1974. UTS semenaries had not been open then.

@sungis The song Barry Town was writen 1969 and there was a demo recording of it then. It was on album Pretzel Logig from February 1974. UTS semenaries had not been open then.

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