Time for a "Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag" moment.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Courtesy of Country Joe and the Fish.

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 Iraq-nam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta 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 Iraq-nam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

[welshTerrier2]

1. "be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box"

this verse is still relevant today ... the NY Times recently ran an article that stated military recruiters were upset because parents were interfering with them ... go figure !!!

Come on mothers throughout the land
pack your boys off to Viet Nam
come on fathers don't hesitate
send your sons off before it's too late
be the first one on your block
to have your boy come home in a box

check out some of the updates for Iraq on this website: http://www.countryjoe.com/iraq_fixins.htm

[Tyrone Slothrop]

2. Weird

That song was one of the audio clips at my local pub's Trivia Night last night.

We got it right, of course.

[silvermachine]

3. Great lp...

...still have my copy, complete with the "Fish Game" that came with it.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. The more things change, the more they stay the same... sigh