Now look here Joe, quit acting smart   Stop being that old brazen sort   Don't you go sellin' this country short   No, no Joe      Just because you think you've found   The system that we know ain't sound   Don't you go throwin' your weight around   No, no Joe      'Cause the Kaiser tried it and Hitler tried it   Mussolini tried it too   Now they're all sittin' around a fire and did you know something?   They're saving a place for you      Now Joe you ought to get it clear   You can't push folks around with fear   'Cause we don't scare easy over here   No, no Joe      What makes you do the things you do?   You gettin' folks mad at you   Don't bite off more'n you can chew   No, no Joe      'Cause you want a scrap that you can't win   You don't know what you're getting in   Don't go around leading with your chin   No, no Joe      Now you got tanks, some fair size tanks   But you're acting like a clown   'Cause man we've got Yanks, a mess of Yanks   And you might get caught with your tanks down      Don't go throwin' out your chest   You'll pop the buttons off your vest   You're playing with a hornets' nest   No, no Joe      You know, you think you're somebody we should dread   Just because you're seein' red   You better get that foolishness out of your head   No, no Joe      And you might be itchin' for a fight   Quit braggin' about how your bear can bite   'Cause you're sitting on a keg of dynamite   No, no Joe