Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah He want me to fly a-way up above the cloud Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah He wants me to fly a-way up above the cloud He wants to drop a bomb on the Japanese I really got to make my baby proud
I wants a machine gun, yeah And I wants to be hid out in the wood I wants a machine gun And I wants to be hid out in the wood I wants to show old man Hitler That Sonny Boy don't mean him no good
I wants to drop a big bomb, yeah An set the Japanese city on fire I wants to drop a bomb, um An set the Japanese city on fire Now because they are so rotten That I'd just love to see them die
'Well alright!'
(harmonica & instrumental)
I've got the victory blues Because I know I have got to go I've got the victory blues Because I know I have got to go Now to keep the dirty Japanese From slippin' in through my baby's back door.