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Now over there across the sea they've got another war,
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But oh, I wonder if they know just what they're fighting for,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 2]
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In 1917, you know, we helped them win their fight,
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But all we got was a lesson in what Sherman said was right,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 3]
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I was a simple country lad; I lived down on the farm,
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I'd never even killed a gnat nor done a body harm,
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Until that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 4]
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One day the sheriff caught me, said "Come along, my son,
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Your Uncle Sam is needing you to help him tote a gun,
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In that war, that crazy war."
[Verse 5]
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They took me down to the courthouse, my head was in a whirl,
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And when the doctors passed on me, I wished I'd been a girl,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 6]
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They took me out to the rifle range to hear the bullets sing,
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I shot and shot that whole day long and never hit a thing,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 7]
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The captain said to fire at will and I said who is he,
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The old fool got so raving mad he fired his gun at me,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 8]
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When first we got to sunny France, I looked around with glee,
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But rain and kil-o-meters was all that I could see,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 9]
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A cannonball flew overhead, I started home right then,
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The corporal he was after me but the general beat us in,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 10]
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And now we're back at home again from over there in France,
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The enemy lost the battle and we lost all our pants,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 11]
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I run all over Europe a-trying to save my life,
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There will come another war, I'll send my darling wife,
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In that war, that crazy war.
[Verse 12]
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Well, wars may come and wars may go, but get this on your mind,
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There will come another war, I'll be hard to find,
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In that war, that crazy war.