compilation: "The First Three EP's" (1980)

• Who Am I? lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• Dirty Claus Rag lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (Take 1) lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• Superbird lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• (Thing Called) Love lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• Bass Strings lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• Johnny's Gone To The War lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• Kiss My Ass lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• Tricky Dicky lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish
• Free Some Day lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (Take 1) lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Oh this is, this is just a try out. It's not...
'Fixin'-To-Die-Rag', 'Fixin'-To-Die-Rag', Take 1.
One, two, three, four.
Well, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
Yeah, he's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
Gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Yeah, come on Wall Street, don't be slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of its trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop 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 Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Now you can go out and get those reds
'Cause the only good commie is the one that's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, and don't hesitate
To send your sons off before it's too late.
You can be the first ones in 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 Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

(Thing Called) Love lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Well, now deep in my heart baby I know that you care,
Deep in my heart, babe, the feelin' is there,
'Cause I got somethin' money can't buy,
I got somethin' that you oughta try,
I got love, love, I said love, love,
I got love, baby.
Well, I can tell by your smile what you wanna do,
I can see in your eyes you got the feeling, too.
So come on, baby, it's time to move,
'Cause I've got somethin' that's a stone groove,
I got love, love, oh love, sweet love,
I got love, baby.
Well, now deep in my heart baby I know that you care,
Deep in my heart, baby, the feelin' is there,
'Cause I got somethin' money can't buy,
I got somethin' that you oughta try,
I got love, love, I said love,
Sweet love, love, yeah!

Johnny's Gone To The War lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Johnny's gone in the mornin' sun
Johnny's gone to carry a gun
Off he goes in the break of dawn
Johnny's gone to the war

See my Johnny standin' in the line
Don't his uniform look fine?
Children laughin' and girls all sighin'
Johnny's gone to the war

Early in the mornin' at the break of day
See the young men march away
Mothers weepin' and fathers prayin'
Johnny's gone to the war

Out of the land the young men poured
It's flesh to feed the guns of war
Johnny isn't a boy anymore
Johnny's gone to the war

Out on the field where the young men fell
In the scream of shot and the roar of shell
Men plunged down the throat of... heaven
Johnny's gone to the war

After the battle in the mud and rain
The air is red with the screams of pain
His eyes will never see the light again
Johnny's gone to the war

There's a mail train a-rollin' down the track
Carryin' a letter edged in black
And it says that Johnny won't be back
Johnny's gone to the war...

Kiss My Ass lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

I got out of school and I was feeling kinda down,
I thought I'd join the Army just to take a look around.
I went on down to the recruiter man
And that's when all my troubles began.
Well, I've been up, down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia.
Well, they gave me some shoes that hurt my feet
They gave me some food not fit to eat,
They told me that I wasn't fighting alone,
They sent me to Saigon and they stayed home.
Well, I've been up, down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia.
All right.
One, two, three, four,
We don't want your fuckin' war,
A, B, C, D,
Get someone else, hey don't get me,
Left, right, left, right,
You know the whole damn thing puts me uptight.
I done my duty and I fought my fight
And I thought I knew I was doing right,
But that's all over, I'm free at last,
An' if they want any more, they can kiss my ass.
'Cause I've been up and down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia - like hell.

Tricky Dicky lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Alright, 1, 2; 1, 2, 3.
Late last night I was watchin' the tube
When I saw the most incredible thing
They built a new mechanical man
Looked just like a human being.
I started to become terrified,
Good God it was makin' me sick
And then I began to realize
It was no one but Tricky Dick.
Yes, it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
It was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man.
There is no can't in American
Or so we once could say
But now our boys won't fight no more
To bring us victory.
Where are the mountain majesties
Above the fruited plains?
Who will come to lead us
In our hour of pain?
Why it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
It's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man, hey!
Oh my God, it's terrible
Here in the U.S.A.
The water's polluted, the economy's crashing
And can someone save the day?
The war keeps going on and on
And the kids won't respect the cops,
It's even said that God is dead,
When will it ever stop?
Hey, it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks, he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man.
And across the garbaged highways
From the oil-drenched plains
Now we'll see a victory,
America shall rise again.
Past the word that the buffalo heard
To the home of the free and the brave,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Well, it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks, he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man, oh yeah,
He's the genuine plastic man, oh yeah,
He's the genuine plastic man.

Free Some Day lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Oh brothers and sisters come on and join the army
We've got to help each other throw away our chains.
Come on and make revolution - join the people's army
If we stand together we'll all be free some day.
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
I can see the sun a-risin' on a brand new morning
I can hear voices singin' in a victory song, yeah!
I can see the people's army marchin' on to glory
If we stand together you know it won't be long
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Oh, brothers and sisters, come on and join the army
We've got to help each other throw away our chains.
Come on and make revolution - join the people's army,
If we stand together we'll all be free some day.
Hey, talkin' 'bout
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
I can see the sun a-risin' on a brand new morning
I can hear voices singin' a victory song, yeah!
I can see the people's army, oh, marchin' on to glory,
If we stand together you know it won't be long.
And we'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.

"Reunion" (1977)

Dirty Claus Rag lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

OK, 'Dirty Claus Rag', take 27!
The night 'fore Christmas we put up a tree,
You know it sure was a beautiful sight to see
The kids standin' round with a smile on their face
Were hangin' their stockings over the fireplace
And off to bed you know we all did race
Just a-waitin' for ol' Santa Claus.
Santa Claus, you dirty dog,
You know you done us wrong.
Woke up this morning, took a look around,
The Christmas tree was gone.
Well, come on, folks won't you listen to me,
I'm gonna tell ya the story about my Christmas tree
This kind of thing it won't happen no more
I'm gonna nail down the tree to the living-room floor
Wait for ol' Santa behind the door
And when he comes I'm gonna say
Santa Claus, you dirty dog,
You know you done us wrong.
Woke up this morning, took a look around,
The Christmas tree was gone.
Well, come on, folks won't you listen to me,
I'm gonna tell ya the story about my Christmas tree
This kind of thing it won't happen no more
I'm gonna nail down the tree to the living-room floor
Wait for ol' Santa behind the door
And when he comes I'm gonna say
Santa Claus, you dirty dog,
You know you done us wrong.
Woke up this morning, took a look around,
The Christmas tree was gone.

Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (II) lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

She hides in an attic concealed on a shelf
Behind volumes of literature based on herself
And runs across the pages like some tiny elf
Knowing that it's hard to find
Stuff way back in her mind
Winds up spending all of her time
Trying to memorize every line
Sweet Lorraine, ah sweet Lorraine.

Sweet lady of death wants me to die
So she can come sit by my bedside and sigh
And wipe away the tears from all my friends eyes
Then softly she will explain
Just exactly who was to blame
For causing me to go insane
And finally blow out my brain
Sweet Lorraine, ah sweet Lorraine.

Well you know that it's a shame and a pity
You were raised up in the city
And you never learned nothing 'bout country ways
Ah 'bout country ways.

The joy of life she dresses in black
With celestial secrets engraved in her back
And her face keeps flashing that she's got the knack
But you know when you look into her eyes
All she's learned she's had to memorize
And the only way you'll ever get her high
Is to let her do her thing and then watch you die
Sweet Lorraine, ah sweet Lorraine.

Now she's the one who gives us all those magical things
And reads us stories out of the I Ching
Then she passes out a whole new basket of rings
That when you put on your hand
Makes you one of the Angel Band
And gives you the power to be a man
But what it does for her you never quite understand
Sweet Lorraine, ah sweet Lorraine.

Well you know that it's a shame and a pity
You were raised up in the city
And you never learned nothing 'bout country ways
Oh 'bout country ways, oh 'bout country ways
Yeah about country ways, oh country ways...

"C. J. Fish" (1970)

Sing, Sing, Sing lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Open my eyes, I've been dreaming
Open my eyes, I've been dreaming
After all this time it seems so strange
I woke up today and changed my way of living.

Sing, sing, sing
Sing, sing, sing
Sing me a love song
Sing me a love song.

Last night while lying in our bed was you who turned to me and said:
'Is it really me you love? Tell me what you're thinking of'
'Are you thinking thoughts of loving me?'.

'My love for you is something warm like silver drops of laughter'
'Giving life and taking form, dreaming dreams of unborn'
'Children by our side'.

Open my mind, I've been sleeping
Open my mind, I've been sleeping
After all this time it seems so strange
I woke up today and changed my way of living.

Sing, sing, sing (sing, sing, sing)
Sing, sing, sing (sing me a love song)
Sing, sing, sing (sing me a love song)
Sing, sing, sing (sing me a love song)

She's A Bird lyrics -

She's a bird that whistles, a bird that sings
She's a bird that whistles, a bird that sings
She'll fly off into the morning rain
She'll fly off into the morning rain.

Yonder comes my darling after me
Yonder comes my darling after me
And for one of her smiles I'd promise the mountains and the sea
For one of her smiles I'd promise the mountains and the sea.

She's a bird that whistles, a bird that sings
She's a bird that whistles, a bird that sings
She'll fly off into the morning rain
She'll fly off into the morning rain.

Mara lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Flocks of geese in Paris skies
They come to me with open eyes
Dreaming of her and other lives
To pass the time waiting for Mara.

And I alone beside her sit
There's just a lonely candle lit
It casts a glowing over it, Mara.

Green is ember, blue is gold
A not so different story told
Please take my arms, they're growing cold, Mara.

Green and silver, they're off to the moon
I've lost my way, she's lost hers too
Now that I love what shall I do
To pass the time waiting for Mara.

And I alone beside her sit
There's just a lonely candle lit
It casts a glowing over it, Mara.

Green is ember, blue is gold
A not so different story told
Please take my arms, they're growing cold, Mara.

I alone beside her sit
There's just a lonely candle lit
It casts a glowing over it, Mara.

I alone beside her sit
There's just a lonely candle lit
It casts a glowing over it, Mara.

Green is ember, blue is gold
A not so different story told
Please take my arms, they're growing cold, Mara.

Hang On lyrics -

I've got a cobalt friend, now he spends his time
Looking for people to feed him lines
Feeling up his head then reaching for mine
I ask him how he's doing and he says: 'Just fine'
He calls it learning but we know that he's dying
That seems to be the price when you're walking on ice
It ain't so nice but it helps to pass the time.
You got to hang on, you got to hang on
You got to hang on before you fall, hey before you fall.
At social functions of the marching band
He takes his routine up on the stand
And trying to get the lay of the land
You know he sings and dances in the burning sand
Until someone puts a microphone in his hand
And then he will say as he slowly backs away
'Another day perhaps you'll understand'.
You got to hang on, you got to hang on
You got to hang on before you fall, before you fall.

With maps and charts now he plots the skies
Surrounds himself with mystic eyes
Dwells on deeds of other lives
Sings secret chants and lullabies
Then he'll come to sit and hypothesize
Again and again about the shape that he's in
Well now he's my friend but I know that they're mostly sighs.

You got to hang on, you got to hang on
You got to hang on before you fall, before you fall.
And running behind the Hit Parade
He yells out songs that others have made
Unable to see his own masquerade
You know he waves his sword with the gilt edge blade
And I'd love to send him to Travelers' Aid
For when he hears the sound of the stuff he's putting down
He might drown in his own cascade.
You got to hang on, you got to hang on
You got to hang on before you fall, before you fall
Before you fall, fall, fall, before you fall
You got to hang on, Sloopy, hang on
Hang on before you fall, all right.

The Baby Song lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Never before, never again
Inside of her all life begins
Far more than we can ever hope to comprehend.

Some part from her, some part from me
Life from our love eternally
Now from the one of us, one more shall be.

Come with me, come with me
And we shall make a baby
Come with me, come with me
And we shall make a baby.

La la la la...

Come with me, come with me
And we shall make a baby.

Hey Bobby lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

I had a dream the other night, everybody was there
Laughing and singing, smoke filled the air
Everybody was rapping on the way it used to be
I searched my mind for the good old days, they're coming up you know.

Hey Bobby, where you been? We missed you out on the streets
I hear you've got yourself another scene, it's called a retreat
I can still remember days when men were men
I know it's difficult for you to remember way back then, hey.

Screamin' Jay can't put no spell on me, I ain't afraid of no bones
Tell them guys in Washington, D.C. to leave my friends alone
I'm sick and tired of hearing your lies
Takes nothin' less than the truth to get me high.

Hey, I had a dream the other night, everybody was there
Laughing and singing, smoke filled the air
Everybody was rappin' on the way it used to be
I searched my mind for the good old days are comin' up, you know.

Silver And Gold lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Dress my baby in silver and
Dress my baby in silver and
Dress my baby in silver and gold
Now, now, now, now, now.

Rubies, sapphires and diamonds
Rubies, sapphires and diamonds
Rubies, sapphires and diamonds on her hands
Now, now, now, now, now.

She don't never tell me lies
She don't go with other guys
She just wants to keep me high
Oh my baby drives me crazy.

Oh my baby drives me crazy.

Rockin' Round The World lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Rock and roll music it sure sounds sweet
Makes you wanna get up and stomp your feet
Clap your hands and scream and shout
You know that rock and roll just knocks me out.

Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Come on, boys, now haven't you heard?
Come on, girls, did you get the word?
They're rockin' all around the world
Rockin' round the world.

Some people say country music is fine
Psychedelic music will blow your mind
Blues it got soul and so does jazz
Rockin' got the stomp that... rock 'n' roll has.
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Come on, boys, now haven't you heard?
Come on, girls, did you get the word?
They're rockin' all around the world
Hey, rockin' round the world.

Old folks don't know, they can't understand
The words and the music of a rock and roll band
But the kids in the schools and the hippies in the streets
Are doing their thing to a rock and roll beat.
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Come on, boys, now haven't you heard?
Come on, girls, did you get the word?
They're rockin' all around the world
Rockin' round the world.

Rock and roll music it sure sounds sweet
Makes you wanna get up and stomp your feet
Clap your hands and scream and shout
You know that rock and roll just knocks me out.

Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Rockin' all around the world
Come on, boys, now haven't you heard?
Come on, girls, did you get the word?
They're rocking all around the world
Rocking, rocking 'round the world you know

They're rocking 'round the world yeah
Rocking 'round the world yeah
They're rocking 'round the world yeah
They're rocking 'round the world yeah
Rocking 'round the world yeah
Rocking 'round, 'round, 'round
Rocking 'round, 'round, 'round
Rocking 'round, 'round, 'round
Rocking 'round, 'round, 'round
Rocking 'round, 'round, 'round
Rocking 'round, 'round, 'round
Rocking 'round, 'round the world yeah
'Round the world, 'round.

You know everybody's rocking
You know everybody's rocking
You know everybody's rocking
You know everybody's rocking
Rocking 'round, rocking 'round
Rocking 'round, rocking 'round.

The Love Machine lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

In the middle of the daytime, in the middle of the night
Comes a new kind of engine from way out of sight
She's good looking and her lines are mighty clean
The name of that engine is the Love Machine.

Put some fuel in her tender and turn up the steam
You can hear, you can hear that whistle scream
You can see her coming on down the track
She'll send little shivers up and down your back.

I know you've heard of old ninety-nine
Perhaps the red caboose
But they will all be left behind
When the Love Machine gets loose.

In the middle of the daytime, in the middle of the night
Comes a new kind of engine from way out of sight
Now she's good-looking and her lines are mighty clean
And the name of that engine is the Love Machine
And the name of that engine is the Love Machine.

I know you've heard of old ninety-nine
Perhaps the red caboose
But they will all be left behind
When the Love Machine gets loose
When the Love Machine gets loose.

Now people I'm talking about love
And I'm talking about a machine yeah, huh!
It's a clean machine and a fine machine
When that Love Machine gets loose
When that Love Machine gets loose
I'm gonna get loose too, yeah.

The Return Of Sweet Lorraine lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Sweet lady, won't you come beside me and make me feel all right?
Sweet lady, won't you come beside me and make me feel all right?
The hours without you seem too long to bear
Gray witch goddess, I suspect that you don't care
But it's simply a matter of wanting you here by me
Here by me.

And off into the silent night she creeps from her bed
Beaming, gleaming crystal screams surrounding her in red
If she can't have your heart then she'll have your soul instead
Remember her name, it's sweet Lorraine
Now, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah.

A million years, a trillion stars away from me
Fluorescent spheres and diamond studded galaxies
Swirling, spinning, soft and swift
At last our love has come to this
The silver circle returned to energy
Returned to energy.

I've closed the curtains, now we're all alone all by ourselves
I can see your eyes aglow, I can feel all the things you've felt
I watch you slowly turning, screaming into someone else
And I remember your name, it's sweet Lorraine.

The Hand Of Man lyrics -

It's many an hour I've been thinking of our fate
Doomed it seemed to live in a world of fear and hate
I thought about the good and the love there could be
How fear can blind a man, how people are not free.

Hey, take my hand and come walk with me
Brothers and sisters we all can be
From a spark in the dark, from the hand of man
Peace and understanding spread through our land.

Take my hand and come walk with me
Brothers and sisters we all can be
From a spark in the dark, from the hand of man
Peace and understanding spread through our land.

I gazed into the sky and saw the rains come down
I saw the deadly poisons flowing to the ground
The rivers and the oceans turned into a grave
All years of effort wasted, there was nothing left to save.

Hey, take my hand and come walk with me
Brothers and sisters we all can be
From a spark in the dark, from the hand of man
Peace and understanding spread through our land.

Take my hand and come walk with me
Brothers and sisters we all can be
From a spark in the dark, from the hand of man
Peace and understanding spread through our land.

It's many an hour I've been thinking of our fate
Doomed it seemed to live in a world of fear and hate
I thought about the good and the love there should be
How fear can blind a man, how people are not free.

Hey, take my hand and come walk with me
Brothers and sisters we all can be
From a spark in the dark, from the hand of man
Peace and understanding spread through our land.

Take my hand and come walk with me
Brothers and sisters we all can be
From a spark in the dark, from the hand of man
Peace and understanding spread through our land.

Hey, take my hand and come walk with me
Brothers and sisters we all can be
From a spark in the dark...

"Here We Are Again" (1969)

Here I Go Again lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

When dawn comes to touch my purple haze
And evening's drowsiness to carry me away
I know once again that there is nothing we can save,
So I'll pack up my things, I'll be on my way.
Yes, here I go again
Off down the road again
Thinking thoughts of days gone by.
Here I am again
Singing my songs again
Thinking and dreaming
Thoughts of you and I.
Swirls of giant colors swam madly through my head,
I looked around to find you, but I just found him instead.
It might have been a dream for all the things we said
But you promised me —
Darling you promised me —
Yes, and here I go again
Off down the road again
Thinking thoughts of things gone by.
Here I am again
Singing my songs again
Thinking and dreaming
Oh I feel like I could cry.
Father's gone to fight the war,
He left us here alone.
I shiver in the lonesome night
Beside the telephone
But time brings no word,
I guess he's not coming home,
It feels like the end,
It feels like the end, my friend.
Here we go again
Off down the road again
Thinking thoughts of things gone by.
Here I am again
Singing my songs again
Thinking and dreaming
Oh I feel like I could
Thinking and dreaming
Oh I feel like I could
Thinking and dreaming
Oh I feel like I could die.
Oh, yeah!

Donnovan's Reef lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Scorching the painted desert adrift off of Donovan's reef
Tossing and spinning your pills alone brings such sweet relief.
Open your mind and show me a sign to prove you're insane.
Open your arms and show me the scars reflecting your pain.
Lovely lady, forgive me now
If words seem cruel
If words seem cruel.
You've lost your soul
You've grown so cold
You've learned the rules,
Obey the rules of their game:
Life's just a game.
Pig boat sails across the seven seas
Servants at home are down on their knees
The master's praying and begging me, "Please
Look away."
Diamonds shining through an emerald sky
Watch the phantom as he flies by
Trying to laugh but he knows he must die.
Look away, look away, look away.
Satan dances of death and doom our time has finally come
Lower imps of sin sing an orgy of our flesh begun.
Excuse me, I can't seem to recall exactly what's happening here,
Your mask in the past always seemed to me to be so sincere.
She's stolen you away
Taken your heart
Once it was mine,
Ah once it was mine.
You look so cool
But I'm no fool
You'll pay for your crimes
By doing your time in their game,
Life's just a game
Life's just a game
You know that life is just a game
Life's just a game
Life's only a game...

It's So Nice To Have Love lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Can't you feel her pain?
She needs someone to touch at night alone,
She needs someone to comfort her then.
You caused her agony by taking away
The only thing she ever cared to love,
You tampered with her heart.
Don't believe that you are not the one
To blame for it all, oh,
Cover your hands
Turn your face to the wall,
Can't you remember?
You can't remember then.
You think you've got it made.
You've got yourself a love
That's more than you ever hoped
That you could have
You can't remember when you walked the streets alone
And darkness plagued your every waking hour of the day.
It's so easy when everything is right
Grooving along with a song
Oh, can't you recall some terror in the night?
Can't you remember?
You can't remember then.
It's so nice to have love
It's so nice to have love
It's so nice to have love.
So young and beautiful
They bring a joy to me, a love of life
That I have never known before.
Sweet and innocent
They can't believe, they won't believe
The things that causes their love to die
And if you would like to walk hand in hand
If you'd like to see the sun
Oh, just believe no one will hurt you now.
Can't you remember?
You can't remember then.
It's so nice to have your love
It's so nice to have your love
It's so nice to have your love.

Baby, You're Driving Me Crazy lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Baby, you're driving me crazy
Make me so lazy
All I wanna do is stay at home.
I was looking at the hands on the wall
Not keeping track of the time
I thought I heard someone call
And I decided it was only the wine.
Then off from some place
Came a beautiful face
So fair, so young and so fine,
The moment I looked into those big brown eyes
I knew I had to make her mine.
Baby, you're driving me crazy
Make me so lazy
All I wanna do is stay at home.
Living in this world is not an easy thing
We walk down a heavy road
We've only got love and the joy it brings
To help us carry the load.
Baby, you're driving me crazy
Make me so lazy
All I wanna do is stay at home.
Living in this world is not an easy thing
We walk down a heavy road
We've only got love and the joy it brings
To help us carry the load.
Oh, living in this world is not an easy thing
We walk down a heavy road, yeah,
We've only got love and the joy it brings
To help us carry the load.
Oh, baby, baby you're driving me so crazy,
Baby, driving, driving me crazy,
Driving me crazy, driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy, driving...

Crystal Blues lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

She told me that she loved me,
She said she'd make my house a home.
She told me that she loved me,
Oh she said she'd make my house a happy home,
Ah, but living with that woman now
Yeah, it's just like living all a-
Oh, living all alone,
Yeah, living all alone.
You know I love you baby,
Oh, you know that I tried to be your man oh,
Man yeah, I tried so hard to be your man.
You know I love you baby,
You know that I tried so hard to be your man,
But your heart has turned to stone, girl.
There's nothing but the devil crawling through your veins.
Ah, play the blues, come on.
Ah, crystal's got my woman,
Ah, dope is driving her insane, yeah
Dope is driving her insane, yeah
Dope is driving her insane.
Crystal's got my woman,
Ah, dope is driving her insane, yeah.
She used to be so pretty,
Now she can't remember her own name,
Now she can't remember her own name.

For No Reason lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

He wants to write words down
On pieces of paper
Recording them now
And recalling them later.
It remains a mystery
The pages of history
Outlasted the passing
Of things that were dear to me.
Those wonderful children
With bright shining faces
They waltzed in the halls
And they marched in their places
The darlings of dancing,
And spinning, and reeling.
Look into their eyes
To see what they're feeling.
It's almost too much for him
Bearing the cross he's carrying.
It's almost too much for him
Wearing the face he's wearing.
Why don't you change your style?
Why don't you change your style?
Why don't you change your style?
He wants to find men
Who can love for no reason,
Who open their hearts
To life of all seasons
But they've all gone, it seems
Off in their limousines —
I want to live where men
Can believe their dreams.
It's almost too much for him
Bearing this cross I'm carrying.
It's almost too much for him
Wearing this face I'm wearing.
Why don't you change your style?
Think I'll change my style.
Why don't you change your style?
Think I'll change my style.
Why don't you change your style?
Change
Why don't you change your style?
Change...

I'll Survive lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

It really wasn't you or I who made the final move,
We both could feel it coming and knew it would be soon
Now that it's over I finally realize
That some of my fears were not fully justified
And I find I'm still living much to my surprise,
Y'know, it looks like I just might survive.
I feel the pressure building to block you from my mind
To try and make my thoughts of you pass away with time
But to try and fake a broken heart isn't even worth a try
For we know each other well enough that there's little we can hide
And I find I'm still living much to my surprise
It'll be lonesome without you but I'll survive.
I look back on our romance and there's something in it all
That makes my life without you seem to be so very small.
I know we never played the game with true love as a prize
But we found ourselves a kind of love we had never really tried.
That I let you get so close to me comes as no surprise,
It'll be lonesome without you, lonesome without you,
Lonesome without you but I'll survive, oh yeah.

Maria lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Maria, I'm growing so tired of fighting this war,
Maria, I feel like I just can't go on anymore.
The sounds we make as they're dying
Hearing their screams and their crying
The children, their eyes are weeping
We filled them with pain.
You know the reason I joined up to fight in this war.
You know the reason I refuse to fight anymore.
Maria, please help me, I feel like I'm going insane.
Maria, at night in my dreams I keep calling your name.
After the battle is over
And I am just another soldier
Maria, I'm longing to hold you again in my arms.
You know the reason I joined up to fight in this war.
You know the reason I refuse to fight anymore.

My Girl lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

My girl goes to sleep at night
At the end of a long, lonely day.
I know things will turn out all right
When I come home to stay.
True love is so very strong
Time cannot fade it away
I will love you in a song
When I'm far, so far away.
Many miles may separate us
Stormy clouds bring rain,
But loneliness will be forgotten
When we meet again.
My girl goes to sleep at night
At the end of a long, lonely day.
I know love will turn out all right
When I come home to stay.

Doctor Of Electricity lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Things just don't seem the same
I'm not saying who's to blame
You might say my loss is your gain
It's all in vain.
I've been walking all across creation
All across the nation
Just to get back home
Just to get back home
To get a loan.
Just to get a loan
Mighty armies of gasoline attendants
Come to wipe my windows clean.
I can hear them laughing,
Their jokes are a riot.
Something is changing
And it's breaking the machine,
Oh, breaking the machine,
Oh, breaking the machine.
Oh, see it on my television,
Hear it on my radio
Hold it in the palm of my hand.
In every city voices are talking
In language you can't understand,
Voices are talking in language you can't understand,
I can't understand the voices, voices, yeah.
Come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
In the streets and universities
Binding up and setting free
The power of a million suns
To change the way it is to be
Is to be
Is to be
Is to be!

"Together" (1968)

Rock & Soul Music lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Hmm...
We'd like to take this opportunity now to play you a little thing that we learned from Mr. James Brown the King of soul music.
Now this ain't soul music, mind you, this is rock music. But it's got soul to it, if you can dig that.
And now the band would like to play a new riff they just learned, we call a sockin'-it-to-you riff. And it-uh goes something like this.
Alright — are you ready boys?
Let me hear you do it one time just once c'mon
Huh! Ah that's it, do it again!
Huh! Oh come on!
Oh it feels so good, do it again!
Alright, come on! Huh!
One more time, come on! Huh!
Now let me hear you do it two times if you can. Huh huh!
Alright, that's good, do it again! Huh uh.
Hmm alright, come on. Huh.
Oh yeah, do it again now. Huh uh.
Feels so good, once more! Huh uh.
Oh let me hear you do it three times now, huh!
Ah yeah, come on!
Alright! Four times now!
Ahhhh! come on now.
Oh, when you hold me, ah
Oh, when you kiss me
Oh, when you love me
It's alright, outasite,
Ahhh! you know that you're just d-d-d-d-d-dynamite!
Huh!
I guess you've heard all about rock and roll,
You've heard about the music that they call soul.
Well, I'm here to tell you what I've been told
'Bout the brand new music called the rock & soul.
Rock & soul yeah, that's the music got you walkin' down the street
Clappin' your hands, kickin' your feet, (Rock & soul)
Jumpin' up and down oh it's so groovy, oh rock & soul, yeah.
Now everywhere I go, you know that it's always understood
Rock and soul music is doggone good.
Now everywhere I go, from Kansas City up to Maine
Rock and soul music's driving people insane.
Rock & soul, yes it's the music got you walkin' down the street
Clappin' your hands, kickin' your feet, (Oh rock & soul)
Jumpin' up and down, oh, it's so groovy, rock & soul, rock on, yeah, huh!
Ha!
Now everywhere I go you know that it's always understood,
Rock and soul music is doggone good.
Now everywhere I go, from Kansas City up to Maine
Rock and soul music's driving people insane.
Rock & soul, yeah it's the music got you walkin' down the street
Clappin' your hands, kickin' your feet, (Rock & soul)
Jumpin' up and down, oh, you're gonna be so outasite, rock & soul yeah.
Oh, you know we're al-almost, almost through.
You just gotta get one, one, one more little thing together here before we go.
Play your bass, son, c'mon, ah yeah c'mon, do it, ha!
Sock it to me
Sock it to me
Sock it to me.
Ah! your love is like a rainbow
I said, ha, ah your love is like a rainbow darling
You know your love is like a rainbow
I say hey your love is like a rainbow
Oh, runnin' all around my shoulders
Runnin' all around my shoulders,
You know that your uh love is like a rainbow
Now runnin' all around my shoulders, yeah, and I
Love you, you know I do, alright, huh.

Susan lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

No more the flute-sound air speaks love songs,
No more alone and in my head.
No more your child's sweet voice speaks softly,
Softly, softly, in my ear.
Nothing's true, it doesn't matter,
The love you see not yours to judge.
Too late now, your fears surround you
Spinning seasons around you,
Susan, inside you say the words and I'll go.
Gone away, and still we're lonely.
Nothing's changed, two lives to live.
Love is cold when dreams are old.
In a dream what you see
Images that used to be.

Mojo Navigator lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Well, I ain't gonna say that I'm the seventh son,
I don't claim to be a spoonful of fun,
But if you want a special friend, just call and I'll come.
I'll turn the forest of night into a park where we can play,
Walk you in flowers and dress you in jade
And then turn back a bad trip and make it yesterday.
I've got a chemical body, an electric brain,
A rebuilt mind on a guaranteed frame,
I can read the truth in the cracks in the walls
And tell your future baby by the way,
By the way that the plaster falls,
By the way the plaster falls,
By the way the plaster falls, oh yeah.
Well, I ain't gonna say that I'm the seventh son,
I don't claim to be a spoonful of fun,
But if you want a special friend, just call and I'll come.
I'll turn the forest of night into a park where we can play,
Walk you in flowers and dress you in jade
And then turn back a bad trip and make it yesterday.
I've got a chemical body, an electric brain,
A rebuilt mind on a guaranteed frame,
I can read the truth in the cracks in the walls
And tell your future baby by the way,
By the way that the plaster falls,
By the way the plaster falls,
By the way the plaster falls, yeah.
By the way the plaster falls,
Plaster falls - oh yeah.

Bright Suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

You had an invitation to ride shotgun in a parade tomorrow and I declined for you.
You're a good girl.
You know where the parade was?
It's out there in the shopper's park and then Santa and his two little elves Jingle and Jangle, and they've got a lot of these chocolate thin candies wrapped...
Bright suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine
Sucker children twisters on your TV screen
Look away, fill your heads with decay
Down trip news broadcast day
Find yourselves another piece of clay to play with.
Simple Simon warriors fighting battles won
Christopher Columbus, you find your setting sun.
By the way, your directions are wrong
And the words are too long.
Tomorrow's just another song to play with.
Take it, David!
Look away, fill your heads with decay
Down trip news broadcast day
Find yourselves another piece of clay to play with.
Bubble bath parader in your parking lot
Stumbling over backward with the things you've got
Better pay, the price is so high
Stoned fast against the sky
I don't give you no lines to play with.
Screaming pirate handing me a double line
Instructions painted plainly on a billboard sign
Walk away, your life you don't live
And your mind you must give to the people.
Third floor: underwear, Barbie dolls, war toys, underarm deodorants, hair-spray, plastic artificial flowers, bubble bath powder.

Good Guys / Bad Guys Cheer / The Streets Of Your Town lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Let's hear it for the good guys Hooray! Hip hip hooray!
Let's hear it for the bad guys Boo! Boo for the bad guys!
Let's hear it for the good guys Hooray!
Let's hear it for the bad guys Boo!
Let's hear it for the good guys Hooray!
Let's hear it for the bad guys Boo!
Good guys Hooray!
Bad guys Boo!
Good Hooray!
Bad Boo!
Good Hooray!
Bad
Get stoned, get stoned, get stoned, Get stoned, get stoned, get stoned...

As I walked around the streets of your town
Tryin' not to bring myself down
The jeers of the insane
Bounce like bullets off my brain,
The subway is not the underground.
Oh, New York City, goodbye!
Oh, New York City, goodbye,
Goodbye, New York City!
Number-People rush through the dawn
With their Number-People faces on.
Times Square is not the word
For the sucking, squeezing herd,
The subway is not the underground.
Oh, New York City, goodbye!
Oh, New York City, goodbye,
Goodbye, New York City.
As I walked around the streets of your town
Tryin' not to bring myself down
Stoned here I find
I almost lost my mind,
The subway is not the underground.
Yeah, now New York — New York City goodbye,
Oh New York City, goodbye,
Goodbye, New York City, I'm goin' home,
Oh, I don't want to be in New York anymore, oh no.

The Fish Moan lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

(A comment on the days and times)

The Harlem Song lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Glorious! Breathtaking! Spectacular! Relax in the grandeur of America's yesteryear. Harlem, land of enchanting contrasts. Where the romantic past touches hands with the exciting present. First, the pleasure of being received with warmth and genuine hospitality. Then, the easy adjustment to the comfort and style of superb meals, exotic beverages, colorful entertainment and dynamite action. Doing all the wonderful things that wonderful vacations are made of — at wonderful savings, too. Yes, come to Harlem, the happy meeting ground for families with large wants and small budgets.
See colorful Harlem in New York City
Come treat yourselves: some grits and barbecue.
Bring the family to Harlem in New York City
For a summer of fun dancing to the rhythm & blues.
And if you're lookin' for the action, this summer is your chance,
All the black folks are just dyin' to watch you sing and dance
In carefree Harlem, that's New York City
Where every soulful spade has a serenade just for you.
Well, hi baby, how are you doing today?
How d'you do man, I ain't feeling so good, you know.
What's the matter, boy?
Well, I was sitting around the house, you know, and me and my old lady sat down almost to get — all ready to have a good meal of watermelon and hominy grits ...
Yeah, sounds good.
...sittin down, they were showing a whole bunch of re-runs of the Amos and Andy Show, you know...
My favorite program.
...When the TV blew up right in the middle of the program, man.
Yeah well, what did you do, man?
Well, what does it look like I did man? I came outside and ran into you, jerk!
Well, I tell ya everything is blowin' up these days: TV's, ghettos, you know it's gettin' kinda rough, he he he!
Ya, they even made a movie out of it.
What d'they call it?
Blow Up.
Hell, that's pretty funny, hey hey!
Well, it looks like I'll be shufflin' off, y'know.
Ya, well, with all that natural rhythm, you can probably shuffle pretty good.
Discover glorious Harlem in New York City,
There's thrills and chills in the land of Rhythm and Blues.
Bring the family to Harlem in New York City,
You'll have fun in the sun doing what the black folks do.
And every little pickaninny wears a great big grin
Just hanging 'round waitin' for some white folks to drop in.
But if you can't go to Harlem, that's New York City,
Maybe you'll be lucky and Harlem will come to you.
Um, gowwa, buwanna.

Waltzing In The Moonlight lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

I find you waltzing in the moonlight,
I find you waltzing and there's nobody around you,
Nothing to astound your unreal.
I see this happening before me,
I see this happen and your colors touch my empty eyes
Begin to shine with a glow.
Do you know how strange it seems
Lost behind a dream
The clock tick of my mind is winding you.
The sound you're making in the stillness,
The sound you're making as it fills my head with madness
Lost forever sounds of this dream.
I seem to feel as though I'm dreaming
I seem to feel you and your warm and loving splendor
Tomorrow I'll remember your name.
Do you know how strange it seems
Lost behind a dream
The clock tick of my mind is winding you.
¡Viva Campesino José y los Pescados!
I find you waltzing in the moonlight
I find you waltzing and there's nobody around you,
Nothing to astound your unreal.
I seem to feel as though I'm dreaming,
I seem to feel you and your warm and loving splendor,
Tomorrow I'll remember your name.
Do you know how strange it seems
Lost behind a dream
The clock tick of my mind is winding you.

Away Bounce My Bubbles lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

The love that you feel inside you
Reminds you
It finds you
Sun burst in a pleasant dream
Mm mm...
Away bounce my bubbles
And come what may cares
May bring surprise
Me with presents
Your love
Gives me more than it takes
And I take much more
We're fools in a circus
Ooh, ooh...

Cetacean lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Open the door and love walks in
Close the door and you're alone again.

An Untitled Protest lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Red and swollen tears tumble from her eyes
While cold silver birds who came to cruise the skies
Send death down to bend and twist her tiny hands
And then proceed to target "B" in keeping with their plans
Khaki priests of Christendom interpreters of love
Ride a stone Leviathan across a sea of blood
And pound their feet into the sand of shores they've never seen
Delegates from the western land to join the death machine
And we send cards and letters.
The oxen lie beside the road their bodies baked in mud
And fat flies chew out their eyes then bathe themselves in blood
And super heroes fill the skies, tally sheets in hand
Yes, keeping score in times of war takes a superman
The junk crawls past hidden death its cargo shakes inside
And soldier children hold their breath and kill them as they hide
And those who took so long to learn the subtle ways of death
Lie and bleed in paddy mud with questions on their breath
And we send prayers and praises.

"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die" (1967)

The Fish Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Gimme an F! F!
Gimme an I! I!
Gimme an S! S!
Gimme an H! H!
What's that spell? FISH!
What's that spell? FISH!
What's that spell? FISH!

Yeah, come on all of 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 lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on generals, let's move fast, your big chance has come at last
Gotta go out and get those reds, the only good commie is one that's dead
And you know that peace can only be won when we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow, why man, this is war a-go-go
There's plenty good money to be made by supplying the Army with the tools of the trade
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb, they drop 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 Vietnam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on mothers throughout the land, pack your boys off to Vietnam
Come on fathers, don't hesitate, send 'em 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 Vietnam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Who Am I? lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Who am I to stand and wonder, to wait
While the wheels of fate slowly grind my life away?
Who am I?

There were some things that I loved one time
But the dreams are gone I thought were mine
And the hidden tears that once could fall
Now burn inside at the thought of all
The years of waste, the years of crime
Passions of a heart so blind
To think that but even still
As I stand exposed, the feelings are felt
And I cry into the echo of my loneliness.

Who am I to stand and wonder, to wait
While the wheels of fate slowly grind my life away?
Who am I?

What a nothing I've made of life
The empty words, the coward's plight
To be pushed and passed from hand to hand
Never daring to speak, never daring to stand
And the emptiness of my family's eyes
Reminds me over and over of lies
And promises and deeds undone
And now again I want to run
But now there is nowhere to run to.

Who am I to stand and wonder, to wait
While the wheels of fate slowly grind my life away?
Who am I?

And now my friend we meet again
We shall see which one will bends
Under the strain of death's golden eyes
Which one of us shall win the prize
To live and which one will die
'Tis I, my friend, yes 'tis I
Shall kill to live again and again
To clutch the throat of sweet revenge
For life is here only for the taking.

Who am I to stand and wonder, to wait
While the wheels of fate slowly grind my life away?
Who am I?
Who am I?

Pat's Song lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Bring flowers and ring them 'round her grass hair
Bring leaves from the mountain and boxes of air
Bring baskets of food and things you can share
And the moon will shine in her eyes.

She will stand in the sea with her body like sand
And the dolphins will come kiss the palms of her hands
As she opens her soul to the water and land
Her smiles will color the sky.

With bottles of light and sacks of clay
With music to dance and songs to play
With lemons and candles you'll see the way
That the moon will shine in her eyes.

She will fly on the wind with her face to the sun
Children will dance all around her for fun
Just ask her for love and she'll give you some
For her smiles will color the sky.

Magoo lyrics - Country Joe and The Fish

Sometimes when I look into your eyes
The hurt and pain I see makes me want to cry
The stars are so big and the earth is so small
Stay as you are, stay as you are.

Sometimes when I look into your eyes
The beauty that I see makes me want to cry
The stars are so big and the earth is so small
Stay as you are, stay as you are
Life before death.
Stay as you are, stay as you are
Life before death.
Stay as you are, stay as you are
Life before death.