Gee, But I Wanna Go Home 
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First Chorus
I don't want no more of the U. S. Marines
Gee, but I wanna go
Right back to Quantico
Gee, but I wanna go home
They say when you're enlisted,
Promotions are mighty fine
Well I'm a goddam private,
I've been in over nine.
Usual Chorus:
I don't want no more of the U. S. Marines
Gee, but I wanna go home.
The uniform they give us,
They say is sure to fit
We walk along the highway,
We look like a sack of grit.
The shelter half they give us,
To keep us from the wet
A friend of mine lay down in one,
They haven't found him yet.
The officers they send us
Stand up to the worst
You find them every weekend,
Shacked up with a nurse.
The shoes they give the Gyrenes,
They say are mighty fine
You need a number seven,
They give you number nine.
The bedsacks they give you,
They say are mighty fine
Why how the hell should I know,
I've never slept in mine.
The craphouse that they give us
Is mighty cold and bare
The wind blows through the open seat
And it tickles your curly hair.
They say if you're in the Marine Corps
That you're the very best
Well, they can take the fighting
And we'll go take a rest.
Final Chorus:
I don't want no more of the U. S. Marines
Gee, but I wanna go
Right back to Quantico
Gee, but I wanna go home.
- Oscar Brand
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Tell It To The Marines
- Bless'em All Time: 1:27
- Call Out the Corps Time: 1:06
- Cuts and Guts Time: 1:26
- Dinkie Die Time: 0:49
- Gee But I Wanna Go Home Time: 0:58
- Honey Baby Time: 0:58
- Marine's Hymn Time: 1:03
- Marine's Hymn [Instrumental] Time: 0:31
- Moving On Time: 1:07
- Old Number Nine Time: 1:02
- Pua Pua Time: 1:21
- The Man in the Moon Time: 0:57
- The Reserves Lament Time: 0:49
- The United States Marines Time: 0:51
- Wake Island Time: 1:23
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