I am supposed to play '60's protest songs tonight at Springfield(Oregon)High School. I was getting ready and my lady friend(She Who Must Be Obeyed)suggested this old Country Joe tune, but I thought it could be updated just a little. Let me know what you think.

Mark Ross

FIXING TO DIE RAG 2004

Come on all of you big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in the desert sand
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.
Chorus:
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is the desert sand
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and kill 'em in their beds
The only good Muslim is the one that's dead
You know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
[Chorus]

Come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Bush and Cheney want you to know
There's plenty good money to be made
Supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on Iran.
[Chorus]

Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to the desert sand
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send your sons off before it's too late.
You can be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.