I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag - Country Joe and the Fish

The Vietnam era was ripe with politically charged songs. Nothing embodies the social movement known affectionately as "The Sixties" better than Woodstock. One of the more famous tunes from Woodstock would have to be Country Joe and the Fish and their cry out against the draft and the Vietnam War in general.

Well, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

Speaking of the government exploiting our young men during the War for their own political gain. Sadly, many young men did have to trade in their books for guns and ammo,

Come on Wall Street, don't be slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of its trade,
But just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.

Lots of money to be made in war! Are we still seeing this today? Oh, you betcha!

Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Now you can go out and get those reds
'Cause the only good commie is the one that's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

The Vietnam War was no better time for the generals to beef up their resume in times of a Red Scare. Almost as silly as "no fighting in the war room" is the line "and you know that peace can only be won." Rather than cultivated, peace comes from the hellish realities of war, death, and bombs. Not.

One of the greatest anti-war anthems! Enjoy the video...wish I could have been there :)