I AM A VIET VET ("I Am a Pirate King") ====================================== Oh, better far to live than die As about my wounds I lie, And play my sanctimonious parts With a silver star and three purple hearts. Away to the stateside world I flew, Where gigolos are well-to-do; Then I did exploit the life I've set, And live and die a Viet Vet. For I am a Viet Vet! And it is, it is how I hedge my bet I am a Viet Vet! For I am a Viet Vet! (You are! Hurrah for the Viet Vet!) And it is, it is how I hedge my bet I am a Viet Vet. (It is! Hurrah for the Viet Vet! Hurrah for the Viet Vet!) When I sally to be President I treat myself with a royal bent. I never fall, it's true, you see Unless I'm tripped by an S.O.B; For thrity years in D.C. I've got A record of doing diddley-squat; Just watch me keep the focus on My four-month tour in Vietnam! For I am a Viet Vet! And it is, it is how I hedge my bet I am a Viet Vet! For I am a Viet Vet! (You are! Hurrah for the Viet Vet!) And it is, it is how I hedge my bet I am a Viet Vet. (It is! Hurrah for the Viet Vet! Hurrah for the Viet Vet!)