It was just a little ago, I glued my ears to the radio The announcer was sayin' we'd better A was hanging, a wave up in the air Crawlin' on the ground, swimmin' in the sea, 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 first this word from Have teeth, have cleaner breath you're facin' nuclear death"
And then John began to speak And I right away he wouldn't be weak Well, he he'd seen some missile bases And terrible on Cuban faces Close pictures, carryin' land too far land to the USSR
Well, he said we be afraid We're up a little blockade Put our ships the Cuban shores And if the Russian yells and roars let him have it
From Turkey and Greece, and Spain The peaceful West European From Alaska and Greenland we'll use our And thousand submarines We're gonna the Russians a lesson For trying to upset the balance of
Now most Americans stood The President and his military But me, I stood a bar of a spaceship getaway car Head for mars, any other that has bars Like Folk City
Yes, it seemed the stand was strong and But Republicans was a goin' insane And they still are, well, said our plan was just too mild Spare the rod and the child Let's sink Cuba the sea And give 'em 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 those missiles Mr. Khruschev said, "Better Red dead"