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Talking Cuban Crisis
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Phil Ochs
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It was just a little while ago I glued my ears to the radio
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The announcer was sayin' we'd better beware
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A crisis was hanging - a wave from the air
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crawlin' on the ground
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swimmin' in the sea
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headin' for me
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Well, I didn't know if I was for or agin' it
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He was yellin' and screamin' a mile a minute
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Well, he said "Here comes the President
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but first this word from Pepsodent
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Have whiter teeth
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Have cleaner breath
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When you're facin' nuclear death"
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And then President John began to speak
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And I knew right away he wouldn't be weak
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Well, he said he'd seen some missile bases
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And terrible smiles on Cuban faces
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Close Pictures
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carryin' land reform too far
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Giving land to the USSR
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Well, he said we mustn't be afraid
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We're settin' up a little blockade
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Put our ships along the Cuban shores
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And if the Russian bear yells and roars,
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We'll let him have it
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From Turkey and Greece, Formosa and Spain
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The peaceful West European Plain
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From Alaska and Greenland we'll use our means
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And twenty thousand submarines
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We're gonna teach the Russians a lesson
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For trying to upset the balance of power
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Now most Americans stood behind
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The President and his military minds
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But me, I stood behind a bar
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Dreamin' of a spaceship getaway car
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Head for mars
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Any other planet that has bars
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Like Gerde's Folk City
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Yes, it seemed the President's stand was strong and plain
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But some Republicans was a-goin' insane
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And they still are
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They said our plan was just too mild
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Spare the rod and spoil the child
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Let's sink Cuba into the sea
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And give 'em back democracy
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Under the water
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Well, the deadline was set for ten o'clock
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For a cold war it was a-gettin' hot
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Well, the Russians tried, the Russians failed
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Homeward bound those missiles sailed
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Mr. Khruschev said, "Better Red than dead."
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