Yankee Go Home Lyrics - Richard Thompson

G.I. Joe put your gun away 

The sun is setting on another day 

Why don't you leave me alone 

Yankee Go Home 

They're burning effigies out in the street 

Man the lifeboats, sound the retreat 

Pentagon's on the Phone 

Yankee Go Home 

You can't just kiss and run away 

There ain't enough money on a sergeant's pay 

When the dance hall girl you banged's in the family way 

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You turned my sister into a whore 

With a pair of silk stockings from the P.X. store 

Why don't you leave use alone 

Yankee Go Home 

My girlfriend won't talk to me 

Since she met with a sailor from the land of the free 

I'm tired of being alone 

Yankee Go Home 

I've lost count of the chewing gum that I've had 

And vodka-cola make my teeth go bad 

We'll handle this on our own 

Yankee Go Home 

Dow Jones going into a stall 

Spray paint saying it on every wall 

The climb was fine, now it's time to decline and fall 

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Overpaid, oversexed and over here 

get smart, gringo, disappear 

The Hun's at the gates of Rome 

Yankee Go Home