It was just a little ago, I glued my ears to the radio The announcer was sayin' we'd beware A crisis was hanging, a up in the air Crawlin' on the ground, in the sea, headin' for me
Well, I know if I was for or agin' it He was yellin' and a mile a minute Well, he "Here comes the President But first this word Pepsodent whiter teeth, have cleaner breath When facin' nuclear death"
And President John began to speak And I knew right he wouldn't be weak Well, he said he'd some missile bases And terrible smiles on faces Close pictures, carryin' reform too far Giving land to the
Well, he we mustn't be afraid We're up a little blockade Put our ships along the shores And if the Russian bear and roars We'll let him it
From and Greece, Formosa and Spain The peaceful West Plain From Alaska and Greenland we'll use our And twenty thousand gonna teach the Russians a lesson For trying to the balance of power
Now most Americans stood The and his military minds But me, I stood a bar Dreamin' of a getaway car Head for mars, any planet that has bars Gerde's Folk City
Yes, it seemed the stand was and plain But some Republicans was a goin' And they still are, well, they said our plan was just too the rod and spoil the child Let's sink 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 bound those missiles sailed Mr. Khruschev said, "Better Red dead"