When someone makes a move We'll send them all we've got,
Of which we don't approve, John Wayne and Randolph Scott,
Who is it that always intervenes? Remember those exciting fighting scenes?
U.N. and O.A.S., To the shores of Tripoli,
They have their place, I guess, But not to Mississippoli,
But first, send the Marines! What do we do? We send the Marines!
For might makes right, Members of the corps
And till they've seen the light, All hate the thought of war:
They've got to be protected, They'd rather kill them off by
peaceful means.
All their rights respected, Stop calling it aggression--
Till somebody we like can be elected. We hate that expression!
We only want the world to know
That we support the status quo;
They love us everywhere we go,
So when in doubt, send the Marines!
-- Tom Lehrer, "Send The Marines"
Of which we don't approve, John Wayne and Randolph Scott,
Who is it that always intervenes? Remember those exciting fighting scenes?
U.N. and O.A.S., To the shores of Tripoli,
They have their place, I guess, But not to Mississippoli,
But first, send the Marines! What do we do? We send the Marines!
For might makes right, Members of the corps
And till they've seen the light, All hate the thought of war:
They've got to be protected, They'd rather kill them off by
peaceful means.
All their rights respected, Stop calling it aggression--
Till somebody we like can be elected. We hate that expression!
We only want the world to know
That we support the status quo;
They love us everywhere we go,
So when in doubt, send the Marines!
-- Tom Lehrer, "Send The Marines"
Related:
- If we can send one man to the moon,
why can't we send them all... - We'll send them all we've got / John Wayne and Randolph
Scott... - Furthermore, if we send something by car, it's a shipment.
but if we send it by ship, it's cargo... - I just wish that Dan Quayle would stop that endless smiling all the time.
How are we going to send him overseas to all those... - In a Copenhagen airline ticket office:
We take your bags and send them in all directions... - saga n.
[WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N
random broken people.
Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told... - Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what
we can.
Having found them, we shall then hate them for it.... - Emerson's Law of Contrariness:
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we
can.
Having found them, we shall then hate them for it... - Emersons' Law of Contrariness:
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do
what we can.
Having found them, we shall then hate them for it...
