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Tom T. Hall - Salute To A Switchblade Lyrics

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  • Me and Yates an army buddy o'mine were doin' three years in Germany at the time
  • We came upon these Frauleins in the bar
  • Yates said darf isch zee be-gleit-en they said ya
  • (And darf isch zee be-gleit-en means can we sit with you all)
  • Oh we must have drunk ten quarts of German beer
  • My conscience and my sinuses were clear
  • I asked that Fraulein if she was a spy she said nein but do bis ain bissel high
  • (A condition not uncommon to the American soldier)
  • Well later on I went to be excused when I returned I was a bit confused
  • Yates and his Fraulein had hit the air another guy was sittin' in my chair
  • (A young soldier whom we shall get to know better)
  • I said excuse me Mister that's my seat I'd like to have it back sir if you please
  • That girl's a nurse and I've been awful sick the man looked up at me and said mox-nix
  • (Which means that he was not overly concerned with my health)
  • Next thing I knew he had a switchblade knife
  • Lord I didn't know that Fraulein was his wife
  • I took off through that Gasthaus like a fool behind me I heard the crashing stools
  • (As the police would say he was in hot pursuit)
  • Well the waitress yelled there's MPs on the way
  • That's one more reason I didn't want to stay
  • As I went out the window somethin' went switch
  • And I giggled all the way home knowin' he missed
  • (At the time it seemed like a laughing matter)
  • But next morning my coat was lyin' there on the bunk
  • And when I saw that coat it made me jump
  • That man had cut my coat right down the back
  • A little bit more and they'd been playin' me taps
  • (And knowin' the sad nature of that song I would decline it)
  • Well later on I heard that guy got stabbed
  • They sent him home and didn't that make me glad
  • On love and marriage I want to say one thing oh lady if you're married wear that ring
  • (And the army has a new policy if you can't move it paint it
  • If it has a switchblade knife salute it
  • Not necessarily an incident one would want to write Mother about
  • Germany being full of good soldiers good people)

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