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Pete Seeger Draft Dodger Rag Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 10/10 [1 vote]Album: A Link In the Chain / Original Release Date: 1996Genre: Singer/SongwriterSong Duration: 2 min 07 sec
PETE SEEGER
- Draft Dodger Rag Lyrics / with translationsDRAFT DODGER RAG
(Phil Ochs)
I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town
I believe in God and Senator Todd and keeping 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, my feet are flat, and my asthma's
getting worse
O think of my career, my sweetheart dear, and 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 racked up back
I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
And when bombshells hit, 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 touch my knees
And if the enemy came close to me
I'd probably start to sneeze
I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies,
but one thing you gotta see
That someone's gotta go over there
but that someone isn't me
So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em Hell
Yeah kill me a thousand or more
And if you ever get a war without blood and gore
Well I'll be the first to go
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recorded by Pete Seeger on Dangerous Songs
===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===
(Phil Ochs)
I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town
I believe in God and Senator Todd and keeping 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, my feet are flat, and my asthma's
getting worse
O think of my career, my sweetheart dear, and 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 racked up back
I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
I got the weakness woes, I can't touch my toes
I can hardly touch my knees
And if the enemy came close to me
I'd probably start to sneeze
I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies,
but one thing you gotta see
That someone's gotta go over there
but that someone isn't me
So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em Hell
Yeah kill me a thousand or more
And if you ever get a war without blood and gore
Well I'll be the first to go
Copyright Appleseed Music, Inc.
filename[ DRAFTDOD
recorded by Pete Seeger on Dangerous Songs
===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===
Facts about Draft Dodger Rag
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Draft Dodger Rag is written by Phil Ochs.
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It is first released in 1996 as part of Pete Seeger's album "A Link In the Chain" which includes 38 tracks in total. This song is the 9th track on this album.
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Draft Dodger Rag falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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Draft Dodger Rag song length is 2 minutes and 07 seconds.
Who wrote Draft Dodger Rag lyrics?
Draft Dodger Rag is written by Phil Ochs.
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When was Draft Dodger Rag released?
It is first released in 1996 as part of Pete Seeger's album "A Link In the Chain" which includes 38 tracks in total. This song is the 9th track on this album.
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Which genre is Draft Dodger Rag?
Draft Dodger Rag falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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How long is the song Draft Dodger Rag?
Draft Dodger Rag song length is 2 minutes and 07 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Phil OchsRecord Label(s): 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc
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