As heard on Rush's radio show
Sung to (as it's commonly known) 1..2..3..What Are We Fightin' For?
(although - as Country Joe fans know -
the song's real title is the "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag")
by Country Joe & The Fish

Click on the radio for the streaming audio sound clip

The lyrics are down below . . .

Well, come on, all you big, strong men
Uncle Bill needs your help again
And Soccer Moms, please heed the call
Government can't do it all
5 trillion spent, but we didn't get
Such a Great Society

And it's one...two...three....
Volunteer some more
We're askin' you to lend a hand
To make this a better land
And it's five...six...seven...hope you'll participate
Sweat equity is the remedy
Come on, let's give it a try!

We're grateful to those volunteers
Who've given for so many years
But they didn't do it for photo ops
Or to drive poll numbers up a notch
Dogs, ponies and victims are set to go
It's gonna be a heck of a show!

And it's one...two...three....
Volunteer some more
We're askin' you to lend a hand
To make this a better land
And it's five...six...seven...hope you'll participate
Sweat equity is the remedy
Come on, let's give it a try!

Well, Hillary's baking cookies and cakes
To share with the less fortunate
And Janet Reno's standing tall
Caoching midnight basketball
Charlie Trie is gonna be
Serving coffee for free...

And it's one...two...three....
Volunteer some more
We're askin' you to lend a hand
To make this a better land
And it's five...six...seven...hope you'll participate
Sweat equity is the remedy
Come on, let's give it a try!

Parody version © 1997 Paul Silhan