Well come on all of you big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He got himself in a terrible jam, way down yonder in Vietnam,
Put down your books and pick up a gun, we’re gonna have a whole lotta funAnd its 1,2,3 … what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam.
And its 5,6,7 … open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee, we’re all gonna die.Well come on Wall Street, don’t be slow, why man this is war au-go-go.
There’s plenty good money to be made
Supplying the army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb, they drop it on the Viet Cong.And its 1,2,3 … what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam.
And its 5,6,7 … open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee, we’re all gonna die.Well come on generals let’s move fast – your big chance is here at last.
Gotta go and get those reds, ’cause the only good commie is one that’s dead
And you know that peace can only be won when you blow them all to kingdom comeAnd its 1,2,3 … what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam.
And its 5,6,7 … open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee, we’re all gonna die.Well come on mothers across the land. Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers don’t hesitate, send your sons off before it’s too late,
Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a boxAnd its 1,2,3 … what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam.
And its 5,6,7 … open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee, we’re all gonna die.
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