Lyndon johnson told the nation (LP版)-Tom Paxton

[ti:lyndon johnson told the nation] [ar:Tom Paxton] [al:Ain't That News (US Release)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lyndon johnson told the nation (LP版) - Tom Paxton [00:08.45]I got a letter from L B J [00:10.09]It said this is your lucky day [00:12.08]It's time to put your khaki trousers on [00:15.35] [00:16.02]Though it may seem very queer [00:17.93]We've got no jobs to give you here [00:19.94]So we are sending you to Viet Nam [00:23.20] [00:24.01]Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:25.99]"Have no fear of escalation [00:27.93]I am trying everyone to please [00:32.11]Though it isn't really war [00:33.85]We're sending fifty thousand more [00:35.85]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese " [00:39.38] [00:40.15]I jumped off the old troop ship [00:41.87]And sank in mud up to my hips [00:43.80]I cussed until the captain called me down [00:47.45] [00:48.01]Never mind how hard it's raining [00:49.98]Think of all the ground we're gaining [00:51.95]Just don't take one step outside of town [00:55.26] [00:55.84]Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:57.88]"Have no fear of escalation [00:59.74]I am trying everyone to please [01:03.94]Though it isn't really war [01:05.74]We're sending fifty thousand more [01:07.73]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese " [01:11.48] [01:14.28]Every night the local gentry [01:15.88]Sneak out past the sleeping sentry [01:17.91]They go to join the old VC [01:21.83]In their nightly little dramas [01:23.71]They put on their black pajamas [01:25.85]And come lobbing mortar shells at me [01:29.70]Lyndon Johnson told the nation [01:31.78]"Have no fear of escalation [01:33.72]I am trying everyone to please [01:37.81]Though it isn't really war [01:39.58]We're sending fifty thousand more [01:41.61]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese " [01:45.05] [01:47.90]We go round in helicopters [01:49.54]Like a bunch of big grasshoppers [01:51.84]Searching for the Viet Cong in vain [01:55.25] [01:55.77]They left a note that they had gone [01:57.78]They had to get down to Saigon [01:59.79]Their government positions to maintain [02:03.62]Lyndon Johnson told the nation [02:05.72]"Have no fear of escalation [02:07.76]I am trying everyone to please [02:11.36] [02:11.88]Though it isn't really war [02:13.67]We're sending fifty thousand more [02:15.73]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese " [02:19.30] [02:21.77]Well here I sit in this rice paddy [02:23.78]Wondering about Big Daddy [02:25.76]And I know that Lyndon loves me so [02:29.16] [02:29.76]Yet how sadly I remember [02:31.67]Way back yonder in November [02:33.68]When he said I'd never have to go [02:37.01] [02:37.61]Lyndon Johnson told the nation [02:39.71]"Have no fear of escalation [02:41.58]I am trying everyone to please [02:45.62]Though it isn't really war [02:47.57]We're sending fifty thousand more [02:49.58]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "