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Chad Mitchell Trio The Draft Dodger Rag Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 8.50/10 [2 votes]Album: The Best of the Chad Mitchell Trio: The Mercury Years / Original Release Date: 1998-03-17Genre: Singer/SongwriterSong Duration: 2 min 56 sec
CHAD MITCHELL TRIO
- The Draft Dodger Rag Lyrics / with translationsWe've licked pneumonia and TB
And plagues that used to mock us
We've got the onus on the Sun
The small pox cannot pock us
We found the antibodies for the staphylostreptococcus
But oh the universal curse
From Vietnam to Corea
The bug of bugs that bugs us still
And begs for panacea
Oh who will find the antidote for
Pentagonorrhea
I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town
I believe in God and Senator Dodd and a-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, I'm a-goin' to school
And I'm working in a defense plant
I've got a dislocated disc and a wracked up back
And I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
And when a bombshell hits, I get epileptic fits
And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
I got the weakness woes, and 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 working 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 ball
While you 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, and my asthma's getting worse
Consider my career, my sweetheart dear
I gotta water me rubber tree plant
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, 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 working in a defense plant
And plagues that used to mock us
We've got the onus on the Sun
The small pox cannot pock us
We found the antibodies for the staphylostreptococcus
But oh the universal curse
From Vietnam to Corea
The bug of bugs that bugs us still
And begs for panacea
Oh who will find the antidote for
Pentagonorrhea
I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town
I believe in God and Senator Dodd and a-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, I'm a-goin' to school
And I'm working in a defense plant
I've got a dislocated disc and a wracked up back
And I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
And when a bombshell hits, I get epileptic fits
And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
I got the weakness woes, and 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
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 working 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 ball
While you 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, and my asthma's getting worse
Consider my career, my sweetheart dear
I gotta water me rubber tree plant
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, 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 working in a defense plant
Facts about The Draft Dodger Rag
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The Draft Dodger Rag is written by Phil Ochs.
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It is first released on March 17, 1998 as part of Chad Mitchell Trio's album "The Best of the Chad Mitchell Trio: The Mercury Years" which includes 25 tracks in total. This song is the 13rd track on this album.
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The Draft Dodger Rag falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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The Draft Dodger Rag song length is 2 minutes and 56 seconds.
Who wrote The Draft Dodger Rag lyrics?
The Draft Dodger Rag is written by Phil Ochs.
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When was The Draft Dodger Rag released?
It is first released on March 17, 1998 as part of Chad Mitchell Trio's album "The Best of the Chad Mitchell Trio: The Mercury Years" which includes 25 tracks in total. This song is the 13rd track on this album.
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Which genre is The Draft Dodger Rag?
The Draft Dodger Rag falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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How long is the song The Draft Dodger Rag?
The Draft Dodger Rag song length is 2 minutes and 56 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by musixmatch2Songwriter(s): Phil Ochs
Record Label(s): 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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