phil ochs - draft dodger rag lyrics
i’m just a typical american boy
from a typical american town
i believe in god and senator dodd
and an 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
sarge, i’m only eighteen, i got a ruptured spleen
and i always carry a purse
i got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat
my asthma’s getting worse
consider my career, my sweetheart dear
my poor old invalid aunt
besides, i ain’t no fool, and i’m goin’ to school
and i’m workin’ in a defense plant
i’ve got a dislocated disc and a racked up back
i’m allergic to flowers and bugs
and when the bombsh-ll hits, i get epileptic fits
and i’m addicted to a thousand drugs
i got the weakness woes, i can’t touch my toes
i can hardly reach my knees
and if the enemy ever came close to me
well, i’d probably start to sneeze
sarge, i’m only eighteen, i got a ruptured spleen
and i always carry a purse
i got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat
my asthma’s getting worse
consider my career, my sweetheart dear
my poor old invalid aunt
besides, i ain’t no fool, i’m a goin’ to school
and i’m workin’ in a defense plant
i hate chou en lai, and i hope he dies
but i think you gotta see
that if someone’s gotta go over there
that someone isn’t me
so, have a ball, sarge, watch ’em fall
yeah, kill me a thousand or so
and if you ever get a war without any gore
well, i’ll be the first to go
sarge, i’m only eighteen, i got a ruptured spleen
and i always carry a purse
i got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat
my asthma’s getting worse
consider my career, my sweetheart dear
i got to water my rubber tree plant
besides, i ain’t no fool, i’m a goin’ to school
and i’m workin’ in a defense plant
sarge, i’m only eighteen, i got a ruptured spleen
and i always carry a purse
i got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat
my asthma’s getting worse
consider my career, my sweetheart dear
my poor old invalid aunt
besides, i ain’t no fool, i’m a goin’ to school
and i’m workin’ in a defense plant
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