Yank

Lyrics

[STU] Yank! The serviceman's journal [TENNESSEE] Yank! [STU] Not pompous or pious Says it's for us and by us The men of no rank Get the stories told in [CZECHOWSKI] Yank! [STU] They pump it out weekly [MITCH] Yank! [STU] It ain't for the fickle And it's only a nickel Just regular types, airing their gripes Not stiff and boring like Stars and Stripes [SARGE, spoken] Alright shitheads, listen up! When I call your name, get into line. You're company C Scoots, Abner! [STU] Charlie company, Christ! All of 'em laughing at the fresh-faced kid, and Will any guys be my pals? Nobody sees me at all Somebody see, somebody see Picture a thousand guys just enlisted Herded together like beef Heads up our asses, scared we look dumb Till we're handed magazines To tell us what we've become is a Yank [TENNESSEE] There's letters and pinups, woo! [STU] Yank! [MITCH] There's jokes you'll be usin' [CZECHOWSKI] And the jokes ain't confusin'! [STU, spoken] The Sarge says our company, Charlie company, has turned out "movie perfect" Whatever that means... [CZECHOWSKI, spoken] Charles Czechowski, Brooklyn [TENNESSEE, spoken] Abner Scoots, Chattanooga [ROTELLI, spoken] Vittorio Rotelli, Sicily [PROFESSOR, spoken] Simon Portchester, Boston [COHEN, spoken] Hiram Cowen, Seattle [STU] Thrown together with strangers [MITCH, spoken] Mitch Adams, Trenton [STU, spoken] Wonder who these guys are... who they left behind [GIRLFRIEND] My darling Bye baby, now don't go forgettin' The pettin' your miss is gonna miss But if you're blue, just reminisce On this, and this, and… [SOLDIER 1] Bye darling [MITCH] Bye dollface [TENNESSEE] Buh-bye toots [CZECHOWSKI] Bye sweetie-pie [SOLDIER 2] Goodbye my dear [COHEN] Bye my lady [ROTELLI] Bye lovey [PROFESSOR] Bye luscious [STU] Bye mom [WOMAN, spoken] Bye darling This is a gift from your father and me It's a journal, so you'll remember everything that happens [SARGE, spoken] Move it, move it! Jesus, you're even sorrier than the last pieces of crap they sent me! They are scraping the bottom of the barrel! Where were you all in '42 when we needed ya? (Various whistling) [SARGE, spoken] You stink! You're crap! Czechowski, you been shovin' kielbasa up your ass? Don't crap out on me, Adams! Stewart, you stink, you stink! Stewart you are the most pathetic, fruit fairy cocksucker I have ever seen! [STU] Charlie company, shit Each of 'em better than I'll ever be I'll never fool them for long They'll see right through Gotta try, gotta try [SARGE, spoken] Okay, Stewart, alone Again Again [MEN] Moron Jesus Christ Idiot Sad sack [SARGE, spoken] Alright, hit the showers! [PROFESSOR] Picture each inch of ya bruised and blistered [ROTELLI] A wishin' you just could relax [MITCH] Government owns ya [TENNESSEE] Nowhere to hide [ALL] Got no privacy at all [CZECHOWSKI] As a private, your privacy's bust [ALL] Everyday is just Yank! Yank! [CZECHOWSKI] Smells like a barnyard in here! [TENNESSEE] Shut up! [PROFESSOR] Who farted? I'm gonna kill whoever farted! [ALL] Yank! [TENNESSEE] I could surely use a yank— [STU, spoken] Ok, so let me say just one thing about showers I hate them Everyone else looks so easy, stands there joking like nothing's unusual While I'm rushing and wishing I were invisible Why aren't I relaxed like them? Why do I hate it? 'Cause I do. Hate being around men Maybe that means I'm even more normal than them And not how I sometimes feel Like a fella somehow born in the wrong kind of body [SARGE, spoken] Stewart! Front and center! [STUART] Oh god, oh god [SARGE, spoken] Stewart, do you know what I see every time I look at your pretty face? [STU] I know, I know! I'm the worst one in the squad [SARGE, spoken] You're the worst one in the squad! [STU] I stink Pathetic I mean, dropping my rifle [SARGE, spoken] Dropping your rifle! Know how fast Tojo's boys woulda been on your ass? So you're gonna stay up all night drilling until you can do it in your sleep Or all Charlie company's gonna be on latrines For the rest of Basic! [STU] Oh god, oh god [PROFESSOR] You were a business man pre-induction [CZECHOWSKI] You were a man of the world! [TENNESSEE] Now you're a dogface, rest is a blur! [ALL] You're forgettin' who ya was! [SARGE, spoken] Okay, Stewart, show me You pass [ALL] 'Cause whatever you were [SARGE, spoken] For now! [ALL] Now you're a Yank! (Hut, two, three, four) [PROFESSOR] You're searching for comfort [CZECHOWSKI] Ain't had it for ages [TENNESSEE] 'Cept inside the pages of [ALL] Yank! A friend you can turn to! Thank the fellows who write it! Makes you feel all united No matter your rank You're always somebody to Yank! A serviceman's journal Connects you to millions And it ain't for civilians In buck, tent, tank Where there's army there's a Yank! Where there's army there's a Yank! Where there's army there's a Yank!