מילים לשיר Sixteen Military Wives – Decemberists

Sixteen military wives:
Staring at the natural tan of
thirtythirtySeventeen company men:
out of which only twelve will make it back again.
five military wives as tears rip from ten little eyes.
Sargeant sends a letter to 'cause America can, and America can't say no.
Cheer them on to their rivals,
And America does if America says it's so, it's so.
And the anchorperson on TV goes
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Fifteen celebrity minds,
leading their fifteen sordid wretched checquered lives.
Will they find the solution in time,
using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds?
Eighteen Academy Chairs,
out of which only seven really even cares,
doling out a garland to five celebrity minds: they're humbly taken by surprise.
Cheer them on to their rivals,
And America does, if America says it's so, it's so.
'cause America can, and America can't so no.
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Fourteen cannibal kings
wondering brightly what the dinner bell will bring.
Fifteen celebrity minds,
served in a leafy bed of sixteen military wives.
Cheer them on to their rivals, 'cause America can, and America can't say no.
And America does if America says it's so, it's so.
"LaAnd the anchorperson on TV goes,
LaLaLa-di-da-di-da-di-diddy-diddy-da.".