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Malvina Reynolds - We Hate To See Them Go

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Uploaded by on Aug 12, 2010

Lyric:

Last night I had a lovely dream.
I saw a big parade with ticker tape galore,
And men were marching there
The like I'd never seen before.

Oh the bankers and the diplomats are going in the army.
Oh happy day! I'd give my pay to see them on parade,
Their paunches at attention and their striped pants at ease.
They've gotten patriotic and they're going overseas.
We'll have to do the best we can and bravely carry on,
So we'll just keep the laddies1 here to manage while they're gone.

Chorus:
Oh, oh, we hate to see them go,
The gentlemen of distinction in the army.

The bankers and the diplomats are going in the army,
It seemed too bad to keep them from the wars they love to plan.
We're all of us contented that they'll fight a dandy war,
They don't need propaganda, they know what they're fighting for.
They'll march away with dignity and in the best of form,
And we'll just keep the laddies here to keep the lassies1 warm.

(Chorus)

The bankers and the diplomats are going in the army,
We're going to make things easy cause it's all so new and strange;
We'll give them silver shovels when they have to dig a hole,
And they can sing in harmony when answering the roll,
They'll eat their old K-rations from a hand-embroidered box,
And when they die, we'll bring them home, and bury them in Fort Knox.

(Chorus)

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  • Such an incredible wit. As relevant today as ever.

  • "Oh, when will we ever learn?"

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  • I discovered this song a week ago, and it won't come out of my head! I love how it's playful, but conveys a powerful message.Malvina Reynolds is AWESOME!

  • dope swag

  • I love this song! if only the rich and the politicians would fight there own wars. Genius.

  • Great!!!

    

  • @ajcari7 Go to cnet.download.com ... one of the top 10 downloads will do it for you

  • Thanks for the post

  • @ajcari7 youtube dash mp3 dot com, just did.

  • I soooooo want to download this vid!!!! Is there anyway I can do that?? Please help!

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