Yankee go home

Richard Thompson

Composed by: Richard Thompson
Oh GI Joe put your gun away 
The sun is setting on another day 
Why don't you leave us alone? 
Yankee go home! 

They're burning effigies out in the street 
Man the life boats, 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 dancehall girl you banged's in the family way 

Oh you turned my sister into a whore 
With a pair of silk stockings from the PX store 
Why don't you leave us alone? 
Yankee go home! Yankee go home! Just go home! 

My girlfriend still 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 lost count of the chewing gum that I've had 
And coca-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 

Over-paid, over-sexed and over here 
Get smart, gringo, disappear 
The Hun's at the gates of Rome 
Yankee go home! Yankee go home! Go home! 
Go home! Go home!
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