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[Chorus]
Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie's gonna be a napalm star

Everybody wants to rule the world
It must be something we get from birth

One truth is we never learn
Satellites will make space burn

We've been told to keep the strangers out
We don't like them starting to hang about
We don't like them all over town
Across the world we're gonna blow them down

[Chorus]

Reign of the super powers must be over
So many armies can't free the earth
So soon the rock will roll over
Africa is choking on their Coca Cola

There's a one a way street in a one horse town
One way people starting to brag around
You can laugh, put 'em down
These one way people gonna mow us down


[Chorus]

Charlie don't surf he never learned
Charlie don't surf though so he's gotta burn
Charlie don't surf we think that he should
Charlie don't surf we really think that he should
Charlie don't surf

Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie don't surf

Gung ho
Gung ho
Pray for war

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