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Now over there across the sea they've got another war
And oh, I wonder if they know just what they're fighting for,
In that war, that crazy war.
I was just country boy, I worked down on the farm
I'd never even killed a gnat nor done nobody harm,
Until that war, that crazy war.
The sheriff he came after me, said "Come along, my son
Your Uncle Sam is needing you to help him tote a gun
In that war, that crazy war."
They took me down to the courthouse, my head was in a whirl.
When them doctors passed on me, I wished I'd been a girl,
In that war, that crazy war.
They took me out to the rifle range to hear them bullets sing.
I shot and shot that whole day long and never hit a thing
In that war, that crazy war.
The sergeant said to fire at will and said I "Sir, which is he?",
The old fool got so raging mad he fired his gun at me
In that war, that crazy war.
They fed us on potatoes and beans three times a day.
I thought the hogs must all be dead and the hens had ceased to lay
In that war, that crazy war.
Now when I got to sunny France, I looked around with glee,
But rain and kil-o-meters was all that I could see,
In that war, that crazy war.
The sergeant said they've got our flag, go get it if I could.
I said "Let's let 'em have it, we've another that's just as good",
In that war, that crazy war.
A cannonball burst overhead, I broke for home right then .
The sergeant he was came me but the general beat us in
In that war, that crazy war.
He said "Boy, Why are you running, are you afraid to die?"
I said "The reason I am running is because I cannot fly."
In that war, that crazy war
I run all over Europe just trying to save my life,
If ever there comes another war, I'll send my darling wife
To that war, that crazy war.
Well, wars may come and wars may go, but get this on your mind,
There will come another war and I'll be hard to find
In that war, that crazy war.
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