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DRAFT 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
Copyright Appleseed Music, Inc.
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recorded by Pete Seeger on Dangerous Songs
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DRAFT 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  Copyright Appleseed Music, Inc.  filename[ DRAFTDOD  recorded by Pete Seeger on Dangerous Songs  ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===