Well, I'm just a typical American boy
from a typical American town.
I believe in God and Senator Dodd
and keepin' old Castro down.
And when it came my time to serve,
I knew better dead than red.
But when I got to my old draft board,
buddy, this is what I said.
and I always carry a purse.
I got eyes like a bat, my feet are flat,
my asthma's getting worse.
my poor old invalid aunt.
and I'm working in a defense plant.
I got a dislocated disc and
I'm allergic to flowers and bugs.
And when the bombshell hits
and I'm addicted to a thousand drugs.
I got the weakness, woes,
I can hardly reach my knees
And if the enemy came close to me,
well I'd probably start to sneeze
and I always carry a purse
Got eyes like a bat, my feet are flat,
and my asthma's getting worse
my poor old indolent aunt
and I'm working in a defense plant.
I hate showing lie, and I hope he dies,
but one thing you gotta see
is that someone's gotta go over there,
and that someone isn't me.
So I wish you well, Sarge, give him hell,
kill me a thousand or so,
and if you ever get a war without
well I'll be the first to go.
Yes, I'm only 18, got a ruptured spleen
and I always carry a purse
Got eyes like a bat, my feet are flat,
my asthma's getting worse
Besides, I ain't no fool,
and I'm a -workin' in a defense plant
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