You Don't Have to Be in the Army

You Don't Have to Be in the Army - Mungo Jerry/The Q-Tip

When your girlfriend asks

You around to her house

And you meet her folks

And 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

In your job

But arrive late on morning

Just because you missed the bus

The foreman says you're fired

Because your

Punctuality's poor

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

And 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

You don't have to be

In the army