US Infantry Blues Lyrics

Well, I got up one morning

Started towards the door

Started thinking about life

Before I realized that mine is such a bore

When you've got no money

Well, you've got nowhere to go

So, I joined the United States Army

To ensure excitement and a plenty of dough!

Well, I went to the station

And I boarded the train

By the time that I got off

Would you guess that it had started to rain

Walked through the muddy plaza

'Til I found my dear old Uncle Sam

I asked, "What could I do to please ya?"

He said, "Sonny boy, you can serve me in the mountains, deserts, and plains of Afghanistan!"

Well, he took me to the clinic

Made sure I was of good care

By the time I was certified

Well, he took me through the air

By the time we grounded

We found that the party already started

Many of the young boys were crying

But the rest of us were cold, wet, naked, and oh so broken hearted!

Well, he took me to the desert

And he told me to kill some men

Of course, now I'm feeling so damn guilty

Can't even think to say, "Amen."

For we know that it's a sin to kill

But I keep on killing, killing, killing, killing, killing, killing, killing, killing still!

So I'm praying to my dear lord, Jesus, Moses, Elijah,

"Can you get me out of this god-forsaken hell!?"

Alright, yeah!

Ha!

Well now, children gather 'round me

I've a moral left to tell

One you might have figured already

But it's one I know too well

When you're going through life, yeah

Rely on yourself, oh no, don't lean on the man!

Yeah, I'm talking about that big man, oh man

damn that lying and deceiving, tall ass, Uncle Sam!

Ha!

Yeah!