GAGETOWN BLUES

To the tune of "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochrane. Roundel Records Music, 1980. Lyrics by Fred Kuzyk.
(The song refers to summer OJT in 1980 at the 403 Helicopter Squadron, in Gagetown, New Brunswick. I was there with Sherman Adams & Andy Gyorffy from the Toronto units. Fixed-wing [Air Force existence] was on the way out for us & rotary wing [Army or "grunt" life] was phasing in. )

1. Well I'm a gonna raise a fuss and I'm gonna raise a holler
    About spending all summer at Gagetown just to try 'an earn a dollar
    I call up this lady in Fredericton and I got myself a date
    But the Sarge says: "no dice son, you gotta worka late"

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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do 'cause there ain't no cure for the Gagetown Blues

2. We need our cheques and pay docs if we're gonna have some money
    Or instead of the Club Cosmo we'll be in the shack on Sunday
    Andy's on the line to Corky and she says quote:
    "I'd like to help you boys but we've got problems of our own"

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3. The Squadron gave me two days to have a fine vacation
    But I spent the whole time down at base administration
    I saw this grunt Captain and he said quote:
    "We like to help Reserves but your rank is just too low"

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4. The Squadron gave us rooms down in Transient Quarters
    But you shoulda seen the animals we had as borders
    I went to the University and rented us a flat
    But the Warrant said: "Son, you can't do that"

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5. I went to the mess to check out the female flanks
    But the women there were built like Centurion tanks
    This one said: "With me honey, you'll have no regrets"
    And suddenly I felt like I was stuck in a ditch at St. Margarets

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6. Sherman's uptight 'cause he misses Tony Verone
    And he wonders if some Deutscher's now giving her the baloney
    He decides to work on his car but he's gotta get some parts
    The man says:"St. John son, it's not too far"

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Yeah there ain't no cure for those - dirty rotten, god damn, mother fuckin, army co-operation, khaki dress, aerial reconnaissance, rotary wing, grunts galore, Gage - town blues!