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Draft Dodger Rag
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Phil Ochs
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I'm just a typical American boy
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From a typical American town
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I believe in God and Senator Dodd
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And an keepin' old Castro down
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And when it came my time to serve
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I knew better dead than red
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But when I got to my old draft board
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Buddy, this is what I said
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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
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My asthma's getting worse
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Consider my career, my sweetheart dear
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My poor old invalid aunt
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Besides, I ain't no fool, and I'm goin' to school
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And I'm workin' in a defense plant
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I've got a dislocated disc and a racked 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 ever came close to me
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Well, I'd probably start to sneeze
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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
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My asthma's getting worse
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Consider my career, my sweetheart dear
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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 workin' in a defense plant
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I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies
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But I think you gotta see
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That if someone's gotta go over there
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That someone isn't me
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So, have a ball, Sarge, watch 'em fall
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Yeah, kill me a thousand or so
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And if you ever get a war without any gore
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Well, I'll be the first to go
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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
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My asthma's getting worse
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Consider my career, my sweetheart dear
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I got to water my rubber tree plant
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Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school
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And I'm workin' in a defense plant
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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
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My asthma's getting worse
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Consider my career, my sweetheart dear
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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 workin' in a defense plant
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