We're In the Army Now

Performed by Frankie Masters
Recorded March 27, 1941
Written by Ira Schuster, Paul Cunningham and Leonard Whitcup

We're in the army now
They drafted us, and how!
We're up with the sun
to shoulder a gun
We're in the army now

We're in the army now
We're eating army chow
The menu goes fire
It ain't caviar
We're in the army now
They marched us here and there
Our feet go everywhere
They're twisted and turned
They're blistered and burned
We're in the army now

A sporty Chevrolet
I used to drive each day
But I'm going swank
I'm driving a tank
We're in the army now

You've heard the way they used to sing it
In the good old days gone by
But now listen to the way we swing it
Right up today, boy it's really great

He's in the army now
My love has changed somehow
Yes [?] won my wonderful one
He's in the army now
Why we used to kiss and hug
But when we kiss and love
It isn't his fault
he hollers out "halt!"
He's in the army now

Hey sarge don't be late tonight
I got a swell date
You're in army now

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