I'm just a typical American boy From a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Todd And ain't 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 and my feet are flat And my asthma's getting worse Oh, think of my career, my sweetheart dear My poor old invalid aunt Beside I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school And I'm working in a defense plant I got a dislocated disc and a racked up back I'm allergic to flowers and bugs And when the 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 reach my knees And if the enemy came close to me I'd probably start to sneeze Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen And I always carry a purse I got eyes like a bat and my feet are flat And my asthma's getting worse Oh think of my career, my sweetheart dear And my poor old invalid aunt Beside I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school And I'm working in a defense plant I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies But I thing you gotta see That someone's gotta go over there And that someone isn't me So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em hell Kill me a thousand or so And if you ever get a war without blood and gore Well, I'll be the first to go Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen And I always carry a purse I got eyes like a bat and my feet are flat And my asthma's getting worse Oh, think of my career, my sweetheart dear And my poor old invalid aunt Beside I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school And I'm working in a defense plant
I'm just a typical American boy From a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Todd And ain't 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 and my feet are flat And my asthma's getting worse Oh, think of my career, my sweetheart dear My poor old invalid aunt Beside I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school And I'm working in a defense plant I got a dislocated disc and a racked up back I'm allergic to flowers and bugs And when the 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 reach my knees And if the enemy came close to me I'd probably start to sneeze Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen And I always carry a purse I got eyes like a bat and my feet are flat And my asthma's getting worse Oh think of my career, my sweetheart dear And my poor old invalid aunt Beside I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school And I'm working in a defense plant I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies But I thing you gotta see That someone's gotta go over there And that someone isn't me So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em hell Kill me a thousand or so And if you ever get a war without blood and gore Well, I'll be the first to go Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen And I always carry a purse I got eyes like a bat and my feet are flat And my asthma's getting worse Oh, think of my career, my sweetheart dear And my poor old invalid aunt Beside I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school And I'm working in a defense plant
