Country Joe has died at age 84 from complications of Parkinson's. Condolences to all his family and friends everywhere.
I can't say he or the Fish were among my favorite singers back in the 60s but I do remember his anti-war protest song. Now the regime is hinting at reinstating the draft so this will be relevant once again.
In the spirit of the song and it's anti-establishment rhetoric, I've taken some liberty to update "Vietnam" to "old Iran" "commie" to "Jihadi". We are back to where we started...but worse.
Well come on all of you big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again,
he got himself in a terrible jam, way down yonder in OLD IRAN,
put down your books and pick up a gun, we're gunna have a whole lotta fun.
CHORUS
and its 1,2,3 what are we fightin for?
don't ask me i don't give a damn, the next stop is OLD IRAN
and its 5,6,7 open up the pearly gates.
Well there aint no time to wonder why...WHOPEE we're all gunna die.
now come on wall street don't be slow, why man this's war a-go-go,
there's plenty good money to be made, supplyin' the army with the tools of the trade,
just hope and pray that when they drop the bomb, they drop it on the OLD IRAN.
CHORUS
now come on generals lets move fast, your big chance is here at last.
nite you go out and get those guys cuz the only good Jihadi is one that's dead,
you know that peace can only be won, when you blow em all to kingdom come.
CHORUS
now come on mothers throughout the land, pack your boys off to OLD IRAN
come on fathers don't hesitate, send your sons off before its too late,
be the first one on your block, to have your boy come home in a box
CHORUS
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The antiwar stuff was all over my head at the time; but years later after I was grown I read up on the whole Vietnam thing and realized OMG it was all horribly wrong. The young people were right to protest. And it's my private suspicion that the whole counterculture movement was really energized by the draft - that was a clear and present danger to every college-age man.
But now the clock has come full circle. That two-faced skunk Lindsey Graham is sporting the biggest boner he's ever had, creaming in his pants: "We're going to blow hell out of those people!" And Cuba is next on his list of jack-off material:
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/graham-billions-on-war-is-best-money-ever-spent/
Another classic gone.
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