Song Lyrics Paxton Tom - Letter From Lbj    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> P>> Paxton Tom Singer Lyrics [Paxton Tom other resources]>> Letter From Lbj Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Paxton Tom Music Title/Track: Letter From Lbj Theme ID: 7294 Album: N/A LETTER FROM LBJ LYNDON JOHNSON TOLD THE NATION (Tom Paxton) I got a letter from LBJ It said this is your lucky day It's time to put your khaki trousers on Though it may seem very queer We've got no jobs to give you here So we are sending you to Viet Nam Lyndon Johnson told the nation Have no fear of escalation I am trying everyone to please Though it isn't really war We're sending fifty thousand more To help save Viet nam from the Viet Namese I jumped off the old troop ship And sank in mud up to my hips I cussed until the captain called me down Never mind how hard it's raining Think of all the ground we're gaining Just don't take one step outside of town Every night the local gentry Step out past the sleeping sentry They go to join the old VC In their nightly little dramas They put on their black pajamas And come lobbing mortar shells at me We go round in helicopters Like a bunch of big grasshoppers Searching for the Viet Cong in vain They left a note that they had gone They had to get down to Saigon Their government positions to maintain Well here I sit in this rice paddy Wondering about Big Daddy And I know that Lyndon loves me so Yet how sadly I remember Way back yonder in November When he said I'd never have to go Copyright Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co, Inc. @war @political recorded by Tom Paxton filename[ LETTRLBJ SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: The Bomb, The Marvelous Toy, The World Goes Round And Round, What A Friend We Have In Hoover, What Did You Learn In School Today, When Annie Took Me Home, Willing Conscript, Yuppies In The Sky, Bottle Of Wine, Daily News, Leaving London, My Ladys a Wild Flying Dove, Outward Bound, Ramblin Boy, The Marvelous Toy, The Willing Conscript, What Did You Learn In School Today?, One Million Lawyers, She Sits On The Table, High Sheriff Of Hazard, Bound for the Mountains and the Sea, Hold On To Me Babe, When Annie Took Me Home, Last Thing on My Mind, All You Are, Beverly, Freeze, Gravity, Im Not Like You, In Between, Junkie, Perfect, So Without, Traded, We Both Lose, Alive, Anything Right, Asthma, Boom, Bullet The Blue Sky, Change The World, Execute The Sounds, Find My Way, Follow Me, Freestyle, Ghetto, Hollywood, I And Identify, Images, Outkast, Other Paxton Tom song Lyrics Bottle Of Wine Lyrics Bound For The Mountains And The Sea Lyrics Changing My Name To Chrysler Lyrics Daily News Lyrics Dont Slay That Potato Lyrics High Sheriff Of Hazard Lyrics Hold On To Me Babe Lyrics I Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound Lyrics If You Love That Politician Lyrics Jennifers Rabbit Lyrics Last Thing On My Mind Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Pay The Girl Lyrics Payable On Death Lyrics Payasonicos Los Lyrics Payge Lyrics Payne Kendall Lyrics Payolas Lyrics Pazuzu Lyrics pd2 Lyrics Werner Pe Lyrics Pe Werner Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy