The Waterboys - Kinkys history lesson

^CDear Kinky Friedman,^Fm I read what you ^Cwrote Neville Chamberlain surrender monkeys - yup, that was your ^Gquote Well, we ^Fmall say stupid things sometimes, so here with my ^Cblessing ^FmKinky F^Criedman^G this is your history l^Cesson ^CChamberlain declared ^Cwar,^Fm on the 3rd of ^CSeptember The US wasn't ^Cinvolved, as I ^Gremember And after Poland ^Fmfell, then Belgium and F^Crance ^FmBritain stood ^Calone with ^Gbarely a c^Chance We faced Hitler ^Edown; he unleashed the ^Amblitz A hundred nine e^Elevens that left London^Am in bits But we never caved i^Fn, Britain never surr^Cendered No petition for ^Gpeace, Kinky, was ever fuckin' t^Cendered

Oh Kinky ^FFriedman Dude quit your ^Cmessin' And listen up ^Ggood This is your history^C lesson

Roosevelt helped ^Cus, ^Fmwith armaments and fo^Cod His vision was s^Cure, and his policy g^Good He'd have brought the^Fm USA, into the war on our^C side ^FmBut the isol^Cationists^G, had both his hands ti^Ced Stay out, Stay O^Eut was your public's de^Ammand Till the Japs hit Pearl Harb^Eour, and that forced yo^Amur hand Then your boys fought like l^Fions but so the hell did ^Cours ^FmOnly an ^Casshole, K^Ginky, could call the British cow^Cards

Oh Kinky ^FFriedman Take some quiet time p^Crocessing These words of^G mine Your history ^Clesson

^FmAnd here's a casualty count for you to muse upon, man^C Military personnel and civilians k^Gilled in the theatre of world war two ^CUSA: four hundred and nineteen thousand and^Fm four hundred Great Britain: ^Cfour hundred and fifty thousand and nine hundred ^GAnd just to keep perspective ^CUSSR: twenty-seven million..^Fm. or thereabouts Yeah war is no ^Cjoke And my friend you m^Gisspoke Or so I'm guessin' ^C But take this well, ^FBuddy And may it ease your ^Csoul Kinky Frie^Gdman this has been Your history l^Cesson