Cuts and Guts

Cuts and Guts
circa Korea

Navy fliers fly off the big carriers, Army fliers aren't seen o'er the sea
But we're in the lousy Marine Corps and we get these danged CVE's

Cuts and guts, cuts and guts
The guys that make carriers are nuts, are nuts
Cuts and guts, cuts and guts
The guys that make carriers are nuts.

The Midway has thousand foot runways, the Leyte eight hundred and ten
We'd still not have much of a carrier with two of ours laid end to end.

Our catapult shots are so hairy, our catapult gear is red hot
It never goes off when you're ready, it always goes off when you're not.

We envy the boys on the big ones and we'd trade in a minute or two
Cause we'd like to see those poor bastards try doing the things that we do.

Some day when this fracas is over and back at El Torro we'll be
We'll load up with rockets and napalm and we'll sink every damned CVE

Oscar Brand
- 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