16 Military Wives

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Sixteen military wives
 Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes
 Staring at the natural tan
 Of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands
 Seventeen company men
 Out of which only twelve will make it back again
 Sergeant sent a letter to five
 Military wives, his tears drip down to ten little eye
 Cheer them on to their rivals
 'Cause America can, and America can't say no
 And America does, if America says it's so
 It's so
 And the anchorperson on TV goes...
 La de da de da
 
 Fifteen celebrity minds
 Living their fifteen sordid wretched checkered lives
 Will they find the solution in time
 Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds?
 Eighteen academy chairs
 Out of which only seven really even care
 Doling out a garment to five
 Celebrity minds, they're humbly taken by surprise
 Cheer them on to their rivals
 'Cause America can, and America can't say no
 And America does, if America says it's so
 It's so
 And the anchorperson on TV goes...
 La de da de da de-dadedade-da
 La de da de da de-dadedade-da
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 Fourteen cannibal kings
 Wondering blindly what the dinner bell will bring
 Fifteen celebrity minds
 Served on a leafy bed of sixteen military wives
 Cheer them on to their rivals
 'Cause America can, and America can't say no
 And America does, if America says it's so
 It's so
 And the anchorperson on TV goes...
 La de da de da de-dadedade-da
 La de da de da de-dadedade-da
 

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Duration
04:52
Key
4
Tempo
92 BPM

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