down on the base

when i was home on skyhill drive

was electronically alive

but now i'm livin' in vandenberg

so militarily absurd

when things are slow down on the base

we can shoot tear gas in the dummy's face

we can stick our bayonets in the ground

when the president comes we'll stand around

he'll give a dollar for your fingers

two dollars for your eyes

you pay the price of freedom

boy so realize

well i guess i'll help in b.f. nam

teach 'em how to vote and how to bomb

my life's a small enough price to pay

to teach those commies american way

now i'm layin' on my face

and the death explosions every place

i thought i heard the medic say

he's blind!"