# Cheerful-sounding songs with surprisingly dark lyrics

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [April 11, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerful-sounding-songs-with-surprisingly-dark-lyrics/812217 "2018-04-11T15:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rogerthat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Rogerthat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rogerthat)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerful-sounding-songs-with-surprisingly-dark-lyrics/812217/151 "2018-04-15T00:21:37Z")

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Country Joe and the Fish, “Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag”, a Vietnam War protest song. Country Joe, by the way, was a Vietnam vet. Very peppy tune, with lyrics like “Ain’t no time to wonder why. WHOOPIE! We’re all gonna die!” Or “Be the first one your block to have your boy come home in a box.”

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