Fixing To Die Rag

Country Joe and the Fish

Come on all you big strong men
Uncle Sam need your help again;
he got himself in a terrible jam
way down yonder in Vietnam;
put down your books, pick up a gun;
were going have a whole lot of fun.

And it's one, two, three,
what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me I don't give a damn;
next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
open up the pearly gates
there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee.. we're all going to die.

Ah, come on generals let's move fast;
your big chance has come at last;
now you can go out and get those Reds;
cause the only good Commie
is one whose dead;
and you know the peace
will only be won
when you blow em all to Kingdom Come.

And it's one, two, three,
what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me I don't give a damn;
next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
open up the pearly gates
there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee.. we're all going to die.





Now come on Wall street don't move slow
our men are really a go-go;
there is plenty of money to be made
while supplying the army
the toolsof the trade;
just hope and pray if they drop the bomb
they drop it on the Vietcong.

And it's one, two, three,
what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me I don't give a damn;
next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
open up the pearly gates
there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee.. we're all going to die.

Come on mothers
Throughout the land
pack your boys off to Vietnam
Be the first one on your block
to have your boys come home in a box...

And it's one, two, three,
what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me I don't give a damn;
next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
open up the pearly gates
there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee.. we're all going to die.