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I got a letter from L.B.J |
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It said, "This is your lucky day" |
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It's time to put your khaki trousers on |
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Though it may seem very queer |
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We've got no jobs to give you here |
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So we are sending you to Vietnam |
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Lyndon Johnson told the nation |
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Have no fear of escalation |
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I am trying everyone to please |
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Though it isn't really war |
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We're sending fifty thousand more |
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To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese |
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I jumped off the old troop ship |
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And sank in mud up to my hips |
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I cussed until the captain called me down |
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Never mind how hard it's raining |
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Think of all the ground we're gaining |
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Just don't take one step outside of town |
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Lyndon Johnson told the nation |
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Have no fear of escalation |
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I am trying everyone to please |
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Though it isn't really war |
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We're sending fifty thousand more |
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To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese |
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Every night the local gentry |
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Slip out past the sleeping sentry |
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They go to join the old V C |
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In their nightly little dramas |
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They put on their black pajamas |
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And come lobbing mortar shells at me |
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When Lyndon Johnson told the nation |
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Have no fear of escalation |
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I am trying everyone to please |
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Though it isn't really war |
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We're sending fifty thousand more |
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To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese |
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We go round in helicopters |
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Like a bunch of big grasshoppers |
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Searching for the Viet Cong in vain |
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They left a note that they had gone |
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They had to get down to Saigon |
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Their government positions to maintain |
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And Lyndon Johnson told the nation |
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Have no fear of escalation |
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I am trying everyone to please |
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Though it isn't really war |
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We're sending fifty thousand more |
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To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese |
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Well, here I sit in this rice paddy |
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Wondering about Big Daddy |
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And I know that Lyndon loves me so |
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Yet how sadly I remember |
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Way back yonder in November |
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When he said I'd never have to go |
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And Lyndon Johnson told the nation |
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Have no fear of escalation |
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I am trying everyone to please |
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Though it isn't really war |
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We're sending fifty thousand more |
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To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese |