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303squadron

(825 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:05 AM 4 hrs ago

Well come all you big strong men

Last edited Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:58 AM - Edit history (1)

Well, come on all of you, big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way over yonder in old Iran
So put down your phone, pick up a gun
Gonna have a whole lot of fun

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn
Next stop is old Iran
And it's five, six, seven
Open up the pearly gates
Ah, ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee, we're all gonna die


Well, come on admirals let's play loose
Send our boys through the Strait of Hormuz
When they don’t return you can all high five
The only good Persian is the one not alive
And you know that peace could only be won
When we've blown them all to kingdom come

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn
Next stop is old Iran
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


Well, come on Wall Street don't move slow
This is insider trading a-go-go
There’s money to be made no need to toil
Just act on your tip to short on oil
Just hope and pray they don’t send a drone
And drop it on your luxury home

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn
Next stop is old Iran
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 mothers who don’t give a heck
To find out what happened to Mosaddegh
Come on fathers your blinders have fused
Watching all the lies on the right wing news
Be the ones who never see the con
Emanating from ole dementia Don

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn
Next stop is old Iran
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

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Well come all you big strong men (Original Post) 303squadron 4 hrs ago OP
Brilliant. Diamond_Dog 4 hrs ago #1
Excellent! Country Joe would be proud. Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #2
Nice Prairie Gates 3 hrs ago #3
Excellent, I've been thinking of this song a lot great lyrics you wrote Walleye 3 hrs ago #4
Brilliant! PittBlue 3 hrs ago #5
TY. Nice work. quaint 2 hrs ago #6
Highly recommended democrank 2 hrs ago #7
Wow... Thank you. Half-step 2 hrs ago #8
Excellent. niyad 2 hrs ago #9
All my life the US has been at war or conducting armed 'excursions' somewhere. travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #10
I have likened US history to 303squadron 1 hr ago #15
Good lyrics Wild blueberry 2 hrs ago #11
Standing "O" Mblaze 2 hrs ago #12
Great job 👍 MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #13
Same as it ever was orangecrush 1 hr ago #14
Anyone sing and play guitar? Need this out there. Auggie 1 hr ago #16
I don't think Joe McDonald would have minded. JohnnyRingo 1 hr ago #17
That is awesome... Spazito 1 hr ago #18
Love this! Thanks for doing this! highplainsdem 1 hr ago #19
Great verses! kimbutgar 1 hr ago #20
Whoa! Outstanding!!! My pals and I bring our instruments and play at our protests. Do we have your permission to sing KitFox 1 hr ago #21
A million times yes!!!! 303squadron 1 hr ago #22
Wonderful! Again, thank you so much!😊 KitFox 4 min ago #26
The Vietnam and Civil Rights songs and battlles have returned. usonian 24 min ago #23
Well I got a letter from DJT, it says that I'm no longer free... Xavier Breath 17 min ago #24
🎶 🎸 🥁 Country Joe and the Fish, Vietnam Song! 🎶 🎸 🥁 CoopersDad 7 min ago #25
War. Huh. What is it good for. uppityperson 1 min ago #27

Prairie Gates

(8,164 posts)
3. Nice
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:11 AM
3 hrs ago
Just hope and pray they don’t send a drone
And drop it on your luxury home


***Chef's kiss***

travelingthrulife

(5,192 posts)
10. All my life the US has been at war or conducting armed 'excursions' somewhere.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:58 AM
2 hrs ago

We need to tear apart the MIC. It keeps us in the dark ages, heavily reliant on oil and gas to make the weapons go.

303squadron

(825 posts)
15. I have likened US history to
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:17 AM
1 hr ago

A seemingly never ending cycle of Samsara. The suffering we give to others while living the delusion that some lives are more important than others……especially if they have darker skin and are living on gold or oil.

JohnnyRingo

(20,875 posts)
17. I don't think Joe McDonald would have minded.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:24 AM
1 hr ago

Only a shame he couldn't write anything before he went

KitFox

(568 posts)
21. Whoa! Outstanding!!! My pals and I bring our instruments and play at our protests. Do we have your permission to sing
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:57 AM
1 hr ago

your terrific updated version? Will give you writer’s credit 303squadron. The music of a protest movement has special power. Thank you for your most excellent and valuable contribution!

usonian

(25,347 posts)
23. The Vietnam and Civil Rights songs and battlles have returned.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:45 PM
24 min ago

And no Dr. Martin Luther King, though I have hopes for Senator Warnock.

I challenge young(er) people. Come up with new songs.

I just bought a guitar and am up to two chords already.

Do you want to be outdone by an old Vietnam-era vet?

Are you chicken?

CoopersDad

(3,335 posts)
25. 🎶 🎸 🥁 Country Joe and the Fish, Vietnam Song! 🎶 🎸 🥁
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:02 PM
7 min ago

For the younger ones in the DU!

It was a little concert called Woodstock, back in the day.

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