Dove in Hawk's Clothing
1968 · MGM SE 4518 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Ultimate Spinach
- Title
- Dove in Hawk's Clothing
- Release
- Ultimate Spinach
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- MGM # SE 4518
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Genre
- Rock · Psychedelic Rock · Bosstown Sound
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Draft Songs
Dove in Hawk's Clothing (Ultimate Spinach) Psychedelic rock, anti-war, LBJ, protest, draft.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I got a little telegram from LBJ / Said come on down the weather is fine / But first we're gonna check you out and teach you what to do / So buddy better stand here in line / We're gonna strip you naked and build you up again / Then we're gonna mess up your mind / Then we're gonna send you to the jungle / If you're lucky you'll survive / And learn to dodge a plain old mine / You'll be a dove in hawk's clothing / Yes you will / I went down to the draft house and said you guys are nuts / Killing people just ain't right / You looked at me and laughed out loud and rolled on the floor / And said "you're really outta sight" / Take our eight week basic course it's called 100 ways to kill / And know that you'll see the land / The way the grabbed me by the arm i knew they weren't kidding around / And I began to feel uptight / I can't be a dove in hawk's clothing / No no no / I applied for CO but that did me no good / They said "to warrant you must go" / I said "that isn't very much of a choice so let me think I'll let you know" / They said it's unpatriotic to think out loud sound like a "please let me go" / So they threw me in the prison with a five year term / Now I'm feeling pretty low / 'Cause I'm a dove in convicts clothing / Oh no no
About the artist
Formed 1967, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Disbanded 1969
Themes
Anti-War · Draft Dodger · Conscientious Objector · LBJ · Draft