You Don't Have to Be In the Army to Fight In the War - Mungo Jerry

Written By: Ray Dorset

When your girlfriend asks you 'round to her house and you meet her folks

and they say that your hair's too long and you're not their kind of bloke

they grab you by the collar and they throw you through the door:

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Well, you're working very hard to get promotion in your job

but arrive late on morning just because you mist the bus

the foreman say "you're fired, 'cause you punctuality spoor"

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Then you go into a hotel to get put up for the night

and they say that you can't stay there just because your shirt aint white

you're tired and you hungry and you cannot walk no more

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Ain't no money, ain't no woman ain't no roof above your head

so you lay down in the park and you wish that you were dead

the fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

The fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be ...etc. fade out.