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ALIMONEY
Bobby Bare
Alimoney, alimoney
I work till my fingers are bloody and boney
Me, oh my, oh, goodness sake,
I'm payin' for my mistake
She calls it alimoney, alimoney
Yeah, you single men may think it's funny
Till one of these days, you're gonna wait
And find you're payin' for your mistake
I walk around ragged like a low down bum
I can't afford to weigh myself or buy a stick of gum
It's the same old story with a little more blues in it
I'm payin' for it while someone else is usin' it
Alimoney, alimoney
I thought I bought steak, and it was all baloney
My heart and back are both about to break
From payin' for my mistake, yeah
Yeah, I walk around ragged like a low down bum
I can't afford to weigh myself or buy a stick of gum
Why, it's the same old story with a little more blues in it
I'm payin' for it while someone else is usin' it
Alimoney, alimoney
Thought I bought steak, and it was just baloney
And every penny that I make
Goes to payin' for my mistake
Oh yeah, payin' for my mistake
Every Wednesday
Yeah, aw come on, baby, y'know it's your mistake too, yeah
They took all the furniture and everything, come on
Why, maybe we could sorta pitch in and work it out, y'know
I mean I could get a third job, if that's what you want, I mean
What about sellin' my blood, y'know ...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.
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