I wish I was a Blue Job - John Edmond

[Lyrics]
Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
but I'll be a brown job until I die
with 10 years to go in the RLI

Mmmmm Mmmmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm...

The Sergeant that signed me up
had a face like the back of a truck
a tattoo on his knee and legs like a Mugwa tree
and the medic that did my test
he left me standing in my best
and then when I didn't see
he stabbed with the T A B

Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
but I'll be a brown job until I die
with 10 years to go in the RLI

Down at the Quartermaster's store
I said I'd take size 4
they gave me size 3 for sports
it was a pair of open-neck shorts
I was in the cookhouse queue
waiting for my beans and stew
The cook just winks at me
and slips the Blue-stone in my tea

Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
but I'll be a brown job until I die
with 10 years to go in the RLI

Standing on parade
Never get a bit o' shade
out in the blazin' sun
with the temperature 101
and you know there's nothing worse
than doing the assault course
When the sweat is running free
and it smells like a chibuli

Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
but I'll be a brown job until I die
with 10 years to go in the RLI

We had a contact the other day
but the terrs all ran away
We were firing the MAG, from the hip like Audie Murphy
So if I go up in a puff of smoke
It's better than being a slope
or a fuzz from the BSAP
I'd very much rather be me

Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
but I'll be a brown job until I die
with 10 years to go in the RLI

Mmmmm Mmmmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm...
Mmmmm Mmmmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm...

[Lyrics transcribed by The Ghost of Ian Smith in June of 2019]

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