The Dean Rusk Song

G C G Oh, I'm weary and I'm harried and I don't know what to do, D7 There's no end to all the troubles that I'm in. G C In the lands that I'm patrollin' revolutions are unrollin', G D7 G My antennae can't see any way to win. C G I'm the people's best policeman, here to guard them while I fleece them, C D7 But their sleeping habits aren't really fair. G G7 C D7 G And I recently have found that the world is really round and the little men are movin' everywhere. C Leave us alone, G Leave us alone, C D7 Just find yourself a country of your own, G G7 Lick my boots and kiss my hand C And I might not bomb your land, D7 G Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man. G C G Oh, once there was a savior and he lived in old Saigon, D7 And the people really loved our man Diem. G C Cardinal Spellman gave him power, helped along by Eisenhower G D7 G And professors from the state of Michigan. C G He got some ammunition and he crushed his opposition, C D7 He was bloody, but he wasn't very sharp, G G7 C 'Cause our puppet broke his string, and he thought he'd like to sing, D7 G So we issued him a halo and a harp. C Leave us alone, G Leave us alone, C D7 Just find yourself a country of your own, G G7 Lick my boots and kiss my hand C And I might not bomb your land, D7 G Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man. G C G Then the generals took over and took over and took over, D7 There were coups and counter-coups most every week. G C But we honored our commitment, why we never missed a shipment, G D7 G If we had, they would have sold us up a creek. C G But the "Viet Cong" surprised us, they almost terrorized us, C D7 Did you know their average age is seventeen? G G7 C We get poison arrow treatments from those juvenile delinquents, D7 G They're the only thing more deadly than Marines. C Leave us alone, G Leave us alone, C D7 Just find yourself a country of your own, G G7 Lick my boots and kiss my hand C And I might not bomb your land, D7 G Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man. G C G We're losin' badly on the ground, so we go to the air, D7 And we drop a couple thousand bombs a day. G C But the peasants slowly funnel into the Commie tunnels, G D7 G Oh, how I wish the Reds would go away! C G We want negotiations to secure this little nation C D7 And keep the Commie menace out of here. G G7 C In Saigon we want a friend; let me see, who shall we send? D7 G Hubert Humphrey isn't doing much this year. C Leave us alone, G Leave us alone, C D7 Just find yourself a country of your own, G G7 Lick my boots and kiss my hand C And I might not bomb your land, D7 G Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man. G C G Now I see them in the cities and the mountains and the plains, D7 By coincidence, they're everywhere I roam. G C In the hotel elevators I'm beset by demonstrators G D7 G And I hear the people shoutin' "Bring Em Home!" C G They're invading Air Force bases and stirring up the races, C D7 And yelling nasty things at L.BJ. G G7 C Yes, the enemy is near; what's that splashing sound I hear? D7 G I see sampans out in San Francisco Bay. C Leave us alone, G Leave us alone, C D7 Just find yourself a country of your own, G G7 Lick my boots and kiss my hand C And I might not bomb your land, D7 G Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man. G C G My antennae started twitchin', there's a signal comin' in, D7 And I guess I'll send a million men to war. G C We will teach the reds a lesson, stop the peasants from their messin', G D7 G They won't call for no elections anymore. C G Stop harassing our dictators, you're a bunch of dirty traitors, C D7 And this is not the first time you've been warned. G G7 C Stop attacking our Marines, eat our poisoned jellybeans, D7 G And don't invade the little land where you were born. C Leave us alone, G Leave us alone, C D7 Just find yourself a country of your own, G G7 Lick my boots and kiss my hand C And I might not bomb your land, D7 G Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man.