My Uncle Lyrics - Steve Earle

A letter came today from my draft board 

With trembling hands I read the questionnaire 

It asked me lots of things about my mamma and poppa 

Now that ain't what I call exactly fair 

So I'm headed for the nearest foreign border 

Vancouver may be my kind of town 

Cause they don't need the kind of law and order 

That tends to keep a good man underground 

A sad old soldier once told me a story 

About a battlefield that he was on 

He said a man should never fight for glory 

He must know what is right and what is wrong 

So I'm headed for the nearest foreign border 

Vancouver may be my kind of town 

Cause they don't need the kind of law and order 

That tends to keep a good man underground 

Now I don't know how much I owe my uncle 

But I suspect it's more than I can pay 

He's asking me to sign a three year contract 

I guess I'll catch the first bus out today 

So I'm headed for the nearest foreign border 

Vancouver may be my kind of town 

Cause they don't need the kind of law and order 

That tends to keep a good man underground 

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