There was a cat named Crazy ChristianWho never lived long enough to screwHe was gay hearted, young and handsomeAnd all the secrets of life he knewHe would always arrive on…

By A Foreigner I like Canadians.They are so unlike Americans.They go home at night.Their cigarettes don’t smell bad.Their hats fit.They really believe that they won the war.They don’t believe in…

The age demanded that we singAnd cut away our tongue. The age demanded that we flowAnd hammered in the bung. The age demanded that we danceAnd jammed us into iron…

In the rain in the rain in the rain in the rain in Spain.Does it rain in Spain?Oh yes my dear on the contrary and there are no bull fights.The…

Some came in chainsUnrepentant but tired.Too tired but to stumble.Thinking and hating were finishedThinking and fighting were finishedRetreating and hoping were finished.Cures thus a long campaign,Making death easy.

I’m off’n wild wimmenAn CognacAn Sinnin’For I’m in loOOOOOOOve.

Desire andAll the sweet pulsing achesAnd gentle hurtingsThat were you,Are gone into the sullen dark.Now in the night you come unsmilingTo lie with meA dull, cold, rigid bayonetOn my hot-swollen,…

Men went happily to deathBut they were not the menWho marchedFor yearsUp to the line.These rode a few timesAnd were goneLeaving a heritage of obscene song.

Arsiero, Asiago,    Half a hundred more,Little border villages,    Back before the war,Monte Grappa, Monte Corno,    Twice a dozen such,In the piping times of peace    Didn’t come to much.

They sucked us in;King and country,Christ AlmightyAnd the rest.Patriotism,Democracy,Honor—Words and phrases,They either bitched or killed us.