Salute To A Switchblade

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Me and Yates an army buddy of mine

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Were doing three years in Germany 
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at the time

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We came upon these Frauleins in the 
bar

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Yates said darf isch zee 
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be-gleit-en they said ya

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And darf isch zee be-gleit-en means
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 can we sit with you all



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Oh we must have drunk ten quarts of 
German beer

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My conscience and my sinuses were 
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clear

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I asked that Fraulein if she was a 
spy

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She said nein but do bis ain 
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bissel high

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A condition not uncommon to the 
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American soldier



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Well later on I went to be excused

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When I returned I was a bit confused

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Yates and his Fraulein had hit the 
air

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Another guy was sitting in my chair

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A young soldier whom we shall get to
 know better



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I said excuse me Mister that's my 
seat

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I'd like to have it back sir if 
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you please

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That girl's a nurse and I've been 
awful sick

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The man looked up at me and said 
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mox-nix

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Which means that he was not overly 
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concerned with my health



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Next thing I knew he had a 
switchblade knife

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Lord I didn't know that Fraulein 
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was his wife

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I took off through that Gasthaus 
like a fool

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Behind me I heard the crashing 
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stools

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As the police would say he was in 
hot pursuit



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Well the waitress yelled there's MPs
 on the way

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That's one more reason I didn't 
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want to stay

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As I went out the window something 
went swish

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And I giggled all the way home 
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knowing he missed

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At the time it seemed like a 
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laughing matter



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But next morning my coat was lying 
there on the bunk

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And when I saw that coat it made 
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me jump

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That man had cut my coat right down 
the back

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A little bit more and they'd been 
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playing me taps

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And knowing the sad nature of that 
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song I would decline it



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Well later on I heard that guy got 
stabbed

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They sent him home and didn't that
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 make me glad

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On love and marriage I want to say 
one thing

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Oh lady if you're married wear 
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that ring



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And the army has a new policy if you
 can't move it paint it

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If it has a switchblade knife salute
 it

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Not necessarily an incident one 
would want to write Mother about

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Germany being full of good soldiers 
good people