Oh I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Dodd and a 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 Yes think of my career my sweetheart dear and my poor old invalid aunt Besides I ain't no fool I'm a going to school And I'm working in a dee fense plant I've got a dislocated disc and a racked up back I'm allergic to flowers and bugs And when the bombshell hits, 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 ever came close to me Well, I'd probably start to sneeze 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 My asthma's getting worse Consider my career, my sweetheart dear My poor old invalid aunt Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a going to school And I'm working in a defense plant I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies But I think you gotta see That if someone's gotta go over there That someone isn't me So, have a ball, Sarge, watch em fall Yeah, kill me a thousand or so And if you ever get a war without any gore Well, I'll be the first to go yes, 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 My asthma's getting worse yes consider my career, my sweetheart dear my rubber tree plant Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a going to school And I'm working in a defense plant
[00:02.77]Oh I'm just a typical American boy [00:05.34]from a typical American town [00:07.67]I believe in God and Senator Dodd [00:10.25]and a keeping old Castro down [00:12.79]And when it came my time to serve [00:15.17]I knew better dead than red [00:17.55]But when I got to my old draft [00:19.87]board buddy [00:20.63]this is what I said [00:22.43]Sarge I'm only eighteen [00:24.03]I got a ruptured spleen [00:25.26]And I always carry a purse [00:27.58]I got eyes like a bat [00:29.04]and my feet are flat [00:30.31]and my asthma's getting worse [00:32.68]Yes think of my career [00:34.00]my sweetheart dear [00:35.16]and my poor old invalid aunt [00:37.55]Besides I ain't no fool [00:38.81]I'm a going to school [00:39.99]And I'm working in a dee fense plant [00:43.84]I've got a dislocated disc [00:45.00]and a racked up back [00:46.47]I'm allergic to flowers and bugs [00:48.71]And when the bombshell hits, [00:49.83]I get epileptic fits [00:50.90]And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs [00:53.56]I got the weakness woes, [00:54.86]I can't touch my toes [00:56.17]I can hardly reach my knees [00:58.47]And if the enemy ever came close to me [01:00.96]Well, I'd probably start to sneeze [01:03.75]I'm only eighteen, [01:05.02]I got a ruptured spleen [01:06.28]And I always carry a purse [01:08.63]I got eyes like a bat, [01:10.02]and my feet are flat [01:11.15]My asthma's getting worse [01:13.63]Consider my career, [01:14.96]my sweetheart dear [01:16.13]My poor old invalid aunt [01:18.53]Besides, I ain't no fool, [01:19.83]I'm a going to school [01:21.14]And I'm working in a defense plant [01:24.82]I hate Chou En Lai, [01:26.21]and I hope he dies [01:27.28]But I think you gotta see [01:29.59]That if someone's gotta go over there [01:32.01]That someone isn't me [01:34.35]So, have a ball, Sarge, [01:35.94]watch em fall [01:37.03]Yeah, kill me a thousand or so [01:39.12]And if you ever get a war [01:40.59]without any gore [01:41.57]Well, I'll be the first to go [01:44.11]yes, I'm only eighteen, [01:45.64]I got a ruptured spleen [01:46.94]And I always carry a purse [01:49.34]I got eyes like a bat, [01:50.78]and my feet are flat [01:51.95]My asthma's getting worse [01:54.41]yes consider my career, [01:55.56]my sweetheart dear [01:56.91]my rubber tree plant [01:59.18]Besides, I ain't no fool, [02:00.76]I'm a going to school [02:02.11]And I'm working in a defense plant [02:05.46]
