THE OLD IRAN RAG

With apologies to Country Joe McDonald, but some things never change…

OLD IRAN RAG

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men/Uncle Sam needs your help again/He’s got himself in a terrible jam/Way down yonder in Old Iran/So put down your books, pick up a gun/Gonna have a whole lot of fun

And it’s 1, 2, 3/What are we fighting for?/Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn/Next stop is Old Iran/And it’s 5, 6, 7/Open up the pearly gates/Ah, ain’t no time to wonder why/Whoopee!/We’re all gonna die

Well come on generals let’s move fast/Your big chance has come at last/Gotta go out, get those ragheads/The only good raghead is the one that’s dead/And you know that peace could only be won/When we’ve blown them all to kingdom come

And it’s 1, 2, 3/What are we fighting for?/Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn/Next stop is Old Iran/And it’s 5, 6, 7/Open up the pearly gates/Well, there ain’t no time to wonder why/Whoopee!/We’re all gonna die

Well come on Wall Street don’t move slow/Why man, this is war-a-go-go/There’s plenty good money to be made/By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade/Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb/They drop it on Old Iran!

And it’s 1, 2, 3/What are we fighting for?/Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn/Next stop is Old Iran/And it’s 5, 6, 7/Open up the pearly gates/Well, there ain’t no time to wonder why/Whoopee!/We’re all gonna die

Well come on mothers throughout the land/Pack your boys off to Old Iran/Come on fathers don’t hesitate/Send them off before it’s too late/Be the first one on your block/To have your boy (or girl) come home in a box

And it’s 1, 2, 3/What are we fighting for?/Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn/Next stop is Old Iran/And it’s 5, 6, 7/Open up the pearly gates/Well, there ain’t no time to wonder why/Whoopee!/We’re all gonna die!

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