Jimmy Newman - Tom Paxton

Get up Jimmy Newman the morning is come

The engine’s are rumbling the coffee’s all brewed

Get up Jimmy Newman there’s work to be done

And why do you lie there still sleeping

There’s a waiting line forming to use the latrine

And the sun is just opening the sky

The breakfast they’re serving just has to be seen

And you’ve only to open your eyes

Get up Jimmy Newman my radio’s on

The news is all bad but it’s good for a laugh

The tent flap is loose and the peg must be gone

Why do you lie there still sleeping

The night nurse is gone and the sexy one’s here

And she tells us such beautiful lies

Her uniform’s tight on her marvellous rear

And you’ve only to open your eyes

Get up Jimmy Newman you’re missing the fun

We’re loading the plane Jim it’s time to go home

It’s over for us there’s no more to be done

And why do you lie there still sleeping

It’s stateside for us Jim the folks may not know

We’ll let it be such a surprise

They’re loading us next Jim we’re ready to go

And you’ve only to open your eyes

Get up Jimmy Newman they won’t take my word

I said you sleep hard but they’re shaking their heads

Get up Jimmy Newman and show them you heard

Jimmy just show them you’re sleeping

A joke is a joke but there’s nothing to gain

Jim I’d slap you but I’m too weak to rise

Get up damn it Jimmy you’re missing the plane

And you’ve only to open your eyes