Phil Ochs - Draft Dodger Rag (Live at the Gaslight Cafe, 1965)

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Draft Dodger Rag

Phil Ochs

I Ain't Marching Anymore

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"Draft Dodger Rag" lyrics

Phil Ochs Lyrics

"Draft Dodger Rag"

Oh, I'm just a typical American boy
From a typical American town
I believe in God and Senator Dodd
And in keepin' old Castro down
And when it came my time to serve
I knew "better dead than red"
But when I got to my old draft board, buddy, this is what I said:

Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
And I always carry a purse
I've got eyes like a bat
And my feet are flat
And my asthma's getting worse
Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear
And my poor old invalid aunt
Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a-goin' to school
And I'm working in a defense plant

I've got a dislocated disc and a wracked up back
I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
And when the bombshell hits, I get epileptic fits
And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
I got the weakness woes, I can't touch my toes
I can hardly reach my knees
And if the enemy came close to me
Why I'd probably start to sneeze

I'm only eighteen, got a ruptured spleen
And I always carry a purse
I've got eyes like a bat
And my feet are flat
And my asthma's getting worse
Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear
And my poor old invalid aunt
Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a-goin' to school
And I'm working in a defense plant

Ooh, I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies
But one thing you gotta see
That someone's gotta go over there
And that someone isn't me
So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em hell
Kill me a thousand or so
And if you ever get a war without blood and gore
I'll be the first to go

Yes, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
And I always carry a purse
I've got eyes like a bat
And my feet are flat
And my asthma's getting worse
Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear
And my poor old invalid aunt
Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a-goin' to school
And I'm working in a defense plant

Writer(s): Phil Ochs

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album: "I Ain't Marching Anymore" (1965)

I Ain't Marching Anymore

In The Heat Of The Summer

Draft Dodger Rag

That's What I Want To Hear

That Was The President

Iron Lady

The Highwayman

Links On The Chain

Hills Of West Virginia

The Men Behind The Guns

Talking Birmingham Jam

The Ballad Of The Carpenter

Days Of Decision

Here's To The State Of Mississippi

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