Don't start that talking   I could talk all night   My mind goes sleepwalking   While I'm putting the world to right   Call careers information   Have you got yourself an occupation?      Oliver's army is here to stay   Oliver's army are on their way   And I would rather be anywhere else   But here today      There was a checkpoint Charlie   He didn't crack a smile   But it's no laughing party   When you've been on the murder mile   Only takes one itchy trigger   One more widow, one less white nigger      Oliver's army is here to stay   Oliver's army are on their way   And I would rather be anywhere else   But here today      Hong Kong is up for grabs   London is full of Arabas   We could be in Palestine   Overrun by the Chinese line   With the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne   But there's no danger   It's a professional career   Though it could be arranged   With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear   If you're out of luck you're out of work   We could send you to Johannesburg      Oliver's army is here to stay   Oliver's army are on their way   And I would rather be anywhere else   But here today      And I would rather be anywhere else   But here today   And I would rather be anywhere else   But here today