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Draft Dodger Rag
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Phil Ochs
Featuring(s) : Dodger Rag
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I'm just a typical American boy From a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Dodd And in 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 Honey, 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 And my asthma's a-gettin' worse Oh, think of 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 working in a defense plant I got a dislocated disc and a wracked up back I'm allergic to flowers and bugs And when the bombshell hits, I gеt epileptic fits And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs I got thе weakness woes, I can't touch my toes I can hardly reach my knees And if the enemy come close to me 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 And my asthma's a-gettin' worse Oh, think of 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 working in a defense plant Don't like Osama bin Laden and I hope he's downtrodden But one thing you've gotta see That someone's gotta go over there And that someone isn't me So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em hell Yeah, kill me a thousand or so And if you ever get a war without blood and gore 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 And my asthma's a-gettin' worse Oh, think of 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 working 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 And my asthma's a-gettin' worse Oh, think of 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 working in a defense plant
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