Tonart: C minor•
Intro 1
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The hands that fit a golf club will
Verse 1
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also fit a hole,
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and between me and you a billiard
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cue never won a war, you know.
But a couple of barrels of turnips
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to have on hand in the fall
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will do a heck of a lot more good
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than a silver cup on the wall.
Oh don't think I'm
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preaching a sermon,
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cause I'm just as bad as you.
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But it's time we had some
darn plain talk
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cause we got a job to do.
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We bet ter wake up and get to work
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while we still got a home to protect,
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or we'll all be doing the goose step
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with a rope around our neck.
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Hey, hey, what are we going to do?
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Hey, hey, it's up to me and you.
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here's something to think over twice,
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if we don't get busy and win this war,
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we'll all be living on rice.
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The hands that rocked the cradle,
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not too many years ago,
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are working 24 hours a day
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for Wil lie and Jimmy and Joe.
Those boys are still her babies,
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don't think she'll ever forget
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what Winston Churchill told us
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all about tears and toil and sweat.
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Us guys who are always complaining,
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what are we, men or mice?
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What did we ever have to give up
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to compare to her sacrifice?
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Ever hear her squawking
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about a spare tire for the car?
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If it's inspiration we're needing,
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we don't have to look very far.
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Hey, hey, pull up our belts and grunt.
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Hey, hey, it's work and not talk we want.
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Hey, hey, we've all been
asleep at the switch.
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And now we've got more
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scratching to do
than a guy with a seven -year
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itch.
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A lot of us guys who criticize the
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men in Washington,
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suppose it was us a -runnin' the show,
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I won der what we would have done.
If nobody ever made a mistake,
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in peacetime or in war,
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there'd be no need for that rubber man
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around the cuspidor.
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The hands of our boys out yonder
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can only be filled by us,
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Are we lettin' them down
while we sit around
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and squabble and squawk and fuss?
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They're givin' their lives for you and me.
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All right, men, let's be fair.
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How much are they gettin'
for what they give?
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And how do our wages compare?
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Hey, hey, we've all got a duty to do.
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Hey, hey, labor and capital, too.
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Hey, hey, there'll be no profit and loss,
and there'll be no five o 'clock whistle to
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Blow if we work for a Nazi, boss.
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