| Dear Kinky Friedman, I read what you wrote
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| Neville Chamberlain surrender monkeys — yup, that was your quote
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| Well, we all say stupid things sometimes, so here with my blessing
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| Kinky Friedman, this is your history lesson
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| Chamberlain declared war on the 3rd of September
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| The US wasn’t involved, as I remember
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| And after Poland fell, then Belgium and France
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| Britain stood alone with barely a chance
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| We faced Hitler down, he unleashed the blitz
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| A hundred nine elevens that left London in bits
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| But we never caved in, Britain never surrendered
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| No petition for peace, Kinky, was ever fuckin' tendered
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| Oh, Kinky Friedman
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| Dude, quit your messin'
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| And listen up good
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| This is your history lesson
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| Roosevelt helped us with armaments and food
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| His vision was sure and his policy good
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| He’d have brought the USA into the war on our side
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| But the isolationists had both his hands tied
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| Stay out, stay out was your public’s demand
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| Till Japan hit Pearl Harbour and that forced your hand
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| Then your boys fought like lions but so the hell did ours
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| And only an asshole, Kinky, could call the British cowards
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| Oh, Kinky Friedman
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| Take some quiet time processing
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| These words of mine
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| Your history lesson
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| And here’s a casualty count for you to muse upon, man
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| Military personnel and civilians killed in the theatre of World War two
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| USA: four hundred and nineteen thousand and four hundred
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| Great Britain: four hundred and fifty thousand and nine hundred
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| And just to keep perspective
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| USSR: twenty-seven million… or thereabouts
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| Yeah, war is no joke
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| And my friend you misspoke
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| Or so I’m guessin'
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| But take this well, buddy
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| And may it ease your soul
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| Kinky Friedman this has been
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| Your history lesson |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Kinky's History Lesson , by - The Waterboys. Song from the album Out of All This Blue, in the genre Фолк-рок