You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War

You Don't Have to Be in the Army - Mungo Jerry

Written by：Ray Dorset

When your girlfriend asks you round

To her house and you meet her folks

But they say that your hair's too long

And you're not their kind of bloke

They grab you by the collar and

They throw you through the door

You don't have to be in the army

To fight in the war

Well you're working very hard

To get promotion that your job

But arrive late on morning

Just because you mist the bus

The foreman say you're fired

Cause you punctuality spoor

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Then you go into a hotel to

Get put up for the night

But they say that you can't stay

There just because your shirt ain't white

You're tired and you hungry and you cannot walk no more

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Ain't no money ain't no woman ain't no roof above your head

So you lay down in the park and you wish that you were dead

The fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

The fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war