Sixteen Military Wives Lyrics - Picaresque - Decemberists

Sixteen military wives 

Thirty-two softly-focused, brightly-colored eyes 

Staring at the natural tan 

Of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands 

Seventeen company men 

Out of which only twelve will make it back again 

Sergeant sends a letter to five military wives 

His tears drip down from ten little eyes 

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" 

And the anchorperson on TV goes 

La-di-da-di-da 

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Fifteen celebrity minds 

Leading their fifteen sordid, wretched checkered lives 

Will they find their solution in time? 

Using fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds 

Eighteen academy chairs 

Out of which only seven really even care 

Doling out a garland to five 

Celebrity minds, they're humbly taken by surprise 

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" 

And the anchorperson on TV goes 

La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da 

La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da 

Fourteen cannibal kings 

Wondering blithely what the dinner bell will bring 

Fifteen celebrity minds 

Served in a leafy bed of sixteen military wives 

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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" 

And the anchorperson on TV goes 

La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da 

La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da 

La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da 

La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da 

La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da