The Fish Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To Die Rag

The Fish Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To Die Rag - Country Joe & 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 Vietnam

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 Vietnam

And it's five six seven

Open up the pearly gates

There ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee we're all gonna die

Well come on generals let's move fast

Your big chance has come at last

You gotta go out and get those reds

The only good commie is the one that's dead

And you know that peace can only be won

When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come

And it's one two three

What are we fighting for

Don't ask me I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

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

Well come on Wall Street don't be slow

Why man this is war au go go

There's plenty good money to be made

By supplying the Army with the tools of its trade

But just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb

They drop it on the Viet Cong

And it's one two three

What are we fighting for

Don't ask me I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

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

Well come on mothers throughout the land

Pack your boys off to Vietnam

Come on fathers and don't hesitate

To send your mum off before it's too late

It's the first ones on your block

To have your boy come home in a box

And it's one two three

What are we fighting for

Don't ask me I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

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