Jimmy Newman Lyrics - The Compleat Tom Paxton - Tom Paxton

Get up Jimmy Newman the morning is come 

The engine's are rumbling the coffee's all brewed 

Get up Jimmy Newman there's work to be done 

And why do you lie there still sleeping 

There's a waiting line forming to use the latrine 

And the sun is just opening the sky 

The breakfast they're serving just has to be seen 

And you've only to open your eyes 

Get up Jimmy Newman my radio's on 

The news is all bad but it's good for a laugh 

The tent flap is loose and the peg must be gone 

Why do you lie there still sleeping 

The night nurse is gone and the sexy one's here 

And she tells us such beautiful lies 

Her uniform's tight on her marvellous rear 

And you've only to open your eyes 

Get up Jimmy Newman you're missing the fun 

We're loading the plane Jim it's time to go home 

It's over for us there's no more to be done 

And why do you lie there still sleeping 

It's stateside for us Jim the folks may not know 

We'll let it be such a surprise 

They're loading us next Jim we're ready to go 

And you've only to open your eyes 

Get up Jimmy Newman they won't take my word 

I said you sleep hard but they're shaking their heads 

Get up Jimmy Newman and show them you heard 

Jimmy just show them you're sleeping 

A joke is a joke but there's nothing to gain 

Jim I'd slap you but I'm too weak to rise 

Get up damn it Jimmy you're missing the plane 

And you've only to open your eyes.