I serve my country well   In slingbacks and beret   I march on your hypocrisy   'cause I am feeling queer today   As bright as all your medals   And shiny epaulettes   But I can't go to war right now   'cause my hair is a mess      Ah don't ask don't tell   Contaminate me with your smell   Perfume powder treachery   Loaded guns and sodomy   Soak me down with your desire   In the shower under fire   Wave the white flag, keep it clean   Call me g.i. josephine      The dykes are on the starboard   They're polishing the guns   They're battening the hatches   As tough as any mother's son   Ain't no procreation   No baby cribs at sea   No friggin' in the riggin'   You can leave the boys for me      Ah don't ask don't tell   Contaminate me with your smell   Perfume powder treachery   Loaded guns and sodomy   Soak me down with your desire   In the shower under fire   Wave the white flag, keep it clean   Call me g.i. josephine      Come out   Come out      And it's one two three   I don't live by the book   Don't ask me I don't give a damn   I don't wanna be a man   And it's five six seven   Open up the pearly gates   Ain't no time to wonder why   Anyone can die      Ah don't ask don't tell   Contaminate me with your smell   Perfume powder treachery   Loaded guns and sodomy   Soak me down with your desire   In the shower under fire   Wave the white flag, keep it clean   Call me g.i. josephine