It was just a while ago, I glued my ears to the radio The announcer was we'd better beware A crisis was hanging, a up in the air Crawlin' on the ground, in the sea, headin' for me
Well, I didn't if I was for or agin' it He was yellin' and a mile a minute Well, he said "Here comes the But this word from Pepsodent Have teeth, have cleaner breath When facin' nuclear death"
And then President John began to And I knew right he wouldn't be weak Well, he said seen some missile bases And terrible smiles on Cuban Close pictures, land reform too far land to the USSR
Well, he we mustn't be afraid We're settin' up a blockade Put our ships along the Cuban And if the Russian bear and roars let him have it
From and Greece, Formosa and Spain The peaceful European Plain Alaska and Greenland we'll use our means And twenty thousand We're gonna the Russians a lesson For trying to the balance of power
Now Americans stood behind The President and his minds But me, I behind a bar of a spaceship getaway car Head for mars, any other that has bars Like Gerde's Folk
Yes, it seemed the was strong and plain But Republicans was a goin' insane And they still are, well, they said our plan was too mild Spare the rod and the child Let's Cuba into the sea And 'em back democracy under the water
Well, the deadline was set for ten For a war it was a gettin' hot Well, the tried, the Russians failed Homeward bound missiles sailed Mr. said, "Better Red than dead"