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[Verse 1]
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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
[Verse 2]
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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 the Japs 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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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
[Verse 3]
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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
