Yeah, come on all you big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again, he's got himself in a terrible jam, way down yonder in Vietnam, so put down your books and pick up a gun, we're gonna have a whole lot of fun, and it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, pack us up, let's be a band, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, I'm gonna open up the pearly gate, ah, ain't no time to wonder why, we're all gonna die. Well, come on General, let's move fast, the old big champ's come at last, gotta go out, get those reds, the only good commie is the one who's dead, and you know that he can only go to war when the king comes, and it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, pack us up, let's be a band, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, what can we do, I'm gonna open up the pearly gate, ah, ain't no time to wonder why, we're all gonna die. Come on, Wall Street, don't you call my man's war a goal, there's plenty good in Wall Street, there's plenty of money to be made by supplying the army with tools and trade, it's just a little crazy that they dropped the bomb, they dropped it on the Viet Cong. And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam. And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates, well, ain't no time to wonder why we're all gonna die. Well, come on, mothers throughout the land, pack your boys up to Viet Nam, come on, folks, don't hesitate, send them off before it's too late, be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box. And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam. And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates, well, ain't no time to wonder why we're all gonna die.