ANDORRA
(Malvina Reynolds)
(last two verses by Pete Seeger)

I want to go to Andorra, Andorra, Andorra
I want to go to Andorra, it's a place that I adore
They spent $4 & 90 cents on armaments & their defense
Did you ever hear of such confidence? Andorra, hip hurrah!

In the mountains of the Pyrenees there's an independent state
Its population 5000 souls & I think they're simply great
One hundred seventy square miles bio & it's awf'lly dear to me
Spends less than $5 on armaments & this I've got to see

It's governed by a council, all gentle souls & wise
They've only $5 for armaments & the rest for cakes & pies
They didn't invest in a tommy-gun or a plane to sweep the sky
But they bought some blanks for their cap pistols to shoot on their 4th of July

They live by the arts of farm & field & by making shoes & hats
And they haven't got room in their tiny land for a horde of diplomats
They haven't got room in their tiny land for armies to march about
And if anyone comes in with a war budget, they throw the rascals out

I wandered down by the Pentagon, this newspaper clipping in hand
I hollered I want to see everyone in MacNamara's band
I said "Look what they did in Andorra, they put us all to shame
The least is first, the biggest last, let's get there just the same"

The general said, "My dear boy [girl] you just don't understand
We need those things to feel secure in our great & wealthy land"
I said "If security's what you need I'll get a couch for you
A head-shrinker is cheaper & quicker & a damn sight safer too!"

Copied from Rise Up Singing, 2004 edition, p. 158
Their notes are: "Copyright 1962 Amadeo-Brio Music Inc., PO Box 1770, Hendersonville TN 37077. Used by permission. -- In her Little Boxes. In Sing Out! 12:3 & Songs that Changed the World. On Pete Seeger The Bitter & the Sweet."