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My Uncle Lyrics
A letter came today from my draft board
With trembling hands I read the questionare
It asked me lots of things about my mamma and poppa
Now that ain't what I call exactly fair
So I'm headed for the nearest foreign border
Vancouver may be my kind of town
Cause they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground
A sad old soldier once told me a story
About a battlefield that he was on
He said a man should never fight for glory
He must know what is right and what is wrong
So I'm headed for the nearest foreign border
Vancouver may be my kind of town
That tends to keep a good man underground
Now I don't know how much I owe my uncle
But I suspect it's more than I can pay
He'sa sking me to sign a three year contract
I guess I'll catch the first bus out today
So I'm headed for the nearest foreign border
Vancouver may be my kind of town
Cause they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground
With trembling hands I read the questionare
It asked me lots of things about my mamma and poppa
Now that ain't what I call exactly fair
Vancouver may be my kind of town
Cause they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground
About a battlefield that he was on
He said a man should never fight for glory
He must know what is right and what is wrong
Vancouver may be my kind of town
That tends to keep a good man underground
But I suspect it's more than I can pay
He'sa sking me to sign a three year contract
I guess I'll catch the first bus out today
Vancouver may be my kind of town
Cause they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground
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Submitted by
peacewarrior21 On Apr 13, 2005
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It's a classic anti-war song. It was written after Gram received a letter in the mail about the draft. He was upset about it so he and Chris Hillman sat down and wrote a song about it. Steve Earle has done a cover of it and it's pretty good. He's a modern day Gram Parsons.