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They Tell Me in the Army
They tell me in the Army, the chicken's mighty fine
One jumped off the table and started marking time
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I don’t want no more of Army life!
Hey mom I wanna go,
But they won’t let me go,
Oh, Lord I wanna go,
HOOOOOOOOOOMMME
Hey!
They tell me in the Army, the pay is mighty fine
They give you a hundred dollars and take back ninety-nine
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They tell me in the Army, the coffee's mighty fine
It looks like muddy water, and tastes like turpentine.
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They tell me in the Army, the biscuits are mighty fine
One rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine.
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They tell me in the Army, the meat is mighty fine
Last night we had ten puppies, this morning only nine.
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They tell me in the Army, the shoes are mighty fine
You ask for size eleven, they give you number nine.
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They tell me in the Army, the pancakes are mighty fine
You can try to chew them, but you're only wasting time.
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They tell me in the Army, the bed's are mighty fine
But how in the world should I know, I've never slept in mine.
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They tell me in the Army, the mail is so great
Today I got a letter dated 1948.
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They tell me in the Army, the hours are just right
Start early in the morning and work on through the night.
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They tell me in the Army, the buses are mighty fine
One went round the corner, and left three wheels behind.
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They tell me in the Army, the coffee's mighty fine
It's good for cuts and bruises and tastes like iodine.
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They tell me in the Army, the chicken's mighty fine
One jumped off the table and killed a friend of mine.
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They tell me in the army, the toilets are mighty fine
You flush them up at seven, they come back up at nine.
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You wake up in the morning and you're floating on the roof.
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They tell me in the army, the women're mighty fine
They look like Phyllis Diller and walk like Frankenstein
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