I agree with you LtAxlerod932. The song is about how even though an American boy may be American in thinking 'keeping Castro down' and 'better dead than red', he still doesn't want to go to Vietnam and die for some old rich politician who is only looking to make his pockets overflow with greed.
I agree with you LtAxlerod932. The song is about how even though an American boy may be American in thinking 'keeping Castro down' and 'better dead than red', he still doesn't want to go to Vietnam and die for some old rich politician who is only looking to make his pockets overflow with greed.