Lyrics Salute To A Switchblade - Tom T. Hall
Me
and
Yates
an
army
buddy
o'mine
Were
doin'
three
years
in
Germany
at
the
time
We
came
upon
these
Frauleins
in
the
bar
Yates
said,
"Darf
isch
zee
be-gleit-en?",
they
said
"Ya"
And
'Darf
isch
zee
be-gleit-en
means?',
'Can
we
sit
with
you
all?'
Oh
we
must
have
drunk
ten
quarts
of
German
beer
My
conscience
and
my
sinuses
were
clear
I
asked
that
Fraulein
if
she
was
a
spy
She
said,
"Nein
but
do
bis
ain
bissel
high"
A
condition
not
uncommon
to
the
American
soldier
Well,
later
on
I
went
to
be
excused
When
I
returned
I
was
a
bit
confused
Yates
and
his
Fraulein
had
hit
the
air
Another
guy
was
sittin'
in
my
chair
A
young
soldier
whom
we
shall
get
to
know
better
I
said,
"Excuse
me
mister
that's
my
seat
I'd
like
to
have
it
back
sir
if
you
please
That
girl's
a
nurse
and
I've
been
awful
sick"
The
man
looked
up
at
me
and
said,
"Mox-nix"
Which
means
that
he
was
not
overly
concerned
with
my
health
Next
thing
I
knew
he
had
a
switchblade
knife
Oh
Lord,
I
didn't
know
that
Fraulein
was
his
wife
I
took
off
through
that
Gasthaus
like
a
fool
Behind
me
I
heard
the
crashing
stools
As
the
police
would
say,
he
was
in
hot
pursuit
Well,
the
waitress
yelled
there's
MPs
on
the
way
That's
one
more
reason
I
didn't
want
to
stay
As
I
went
out
the
window
somethin'
went
switch
And
I
giggled
all
the
way
home
knowin'
he
missed
At
the
time
it
seemed
like
a
laughing
matter
But
next
morning
my
coat
was
lyin'
there
on
the
bunk
And
when
I
saw
that
coat
it
made
me
jump
That
man
had
cut
my
coat
right
down
the
back
A
little
bit
more
and
they'd
been
playin'
me
taps
And
knowin'
the
sad
nature
of
that
song
I
would
decline
it
Well,
later
on
I
heard
that
guy
got
stabbed
They
sent
him
home
and
didn't
that
make
me
glad
On
love
and
marriage
I
want
to
say
one
thing
Oh
lady,
if
you're
married
wear
that
ring
And
the
army
has
a
new
policy
if
you
can't
move
it,
paint
it
If
it
has
a
switchblade
knife,
salute
it
Not
necessarily
an
incident
one
would
want
to
write
mother
about
Germany
being
full
of
good
soldiers
and
good
people
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2 Homecoming
3 A Week In A Country Jail
4 Shoeshine Man
5 Salute To A Switchblade
6 The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
7 Me And Jesus
8 Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
9 Ravishing Ruby
10 I Love
11 That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
12 Country Is
13 I Care
14 Deal
15 I Like Beer
16 Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet) - Single Version
17 Fox On the Run
18 Your Man Loves You Honey
19 What Have You Got To Lose
20 The Old Side Of Town
21 Jesus On The Radio (Daddy On The Phone)
22 You Show Me Your Heart (And I'll Show You Mine)
23 Harper Valley PTA - Demo Version
24 P.S. I Love You
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