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The Draft Dodger Rag
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Phil Ochs
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Draft Dodger Rag
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Phil Ochs
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Written by Phil Ochs
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Oh, I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town
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I believe in God and Senator Dodd and a-keepin' old Castro down
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And when it came my time to serve I knew "better dead than red"
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But when I got to my old draft board, buddy, this is what I said:
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CHORUS
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Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
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And I always carry a purse
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I got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat, and my asthma's getting worse
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Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear, and my poor old invalid aunt
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Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a-goin' to school
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And I'm working in a DEE-fense plant
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I've got a dislocated disc and a wracked up back
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I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
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And when the bombshell hits, I get epileptic fits
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And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
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I got the weakness woes, I can't touch my toes
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I can hardly reach my knees
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And if the enemy came close to me
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I'd probably start to sneeze
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I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
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And I always carry a purse
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I got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat, and my asthma's getting worse
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Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear, and my poor old invalid aunt
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Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a-goin' to school
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And I'm working in a DEE-fense plant
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Ooh, I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies,
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Onething you gotta see
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That someone's gotta go over there
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And that someone isn't me
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So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em Hell!
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Kill me a thousand or so
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And if you ever get a war without blood and gore
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I'll be the first to go
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Yes, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
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And I always carry a purse
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I got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat, and my asthma's getting worse
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Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear, and my poor old invalid aunt
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Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a-goin' to school
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And I'm working in a DEE-fense plant
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