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Draft Registration Time

from The 2x4's Live 4​/​80 by The 2x4's

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Draft Registration Time
by John Hovorka,

American boys march to a bigger war
More metal and less color than they've ever seen before
Registration gears up this violent nation
Machines are encased in mass frustration

Intellectuals say they'll march demoralized
But take a closer look there's no fear in their eyes
A high-stepping unit tracks into world view
They've seen it all on TV and now it's what they'll do

March March to the OPEC beat
There's shortages on every street
March march to the OPEC toll
We'll blow up Iran but save its oil!

Nations get big then just coast along
Thirty thousand bombs make US look strong
And it's fun to be decadent for years on end I know
But when they drop the bomb
That's when you've got to go

March March to the OPEC beat
There's shortages on every street
March march to the OPEC toll
We'll blow up the world up but save its oil!

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from The 2x4's Live 4​/​80, released December 18, 2021
John Hovorka: lead vocals, guitar
Tom Martel: bass, guitar, backing vocal
Steve Donnelly: drums & devices, backing vocal
Cubie: guitar

words and music by John Hovorka, Jr.

recorded by Rolfe Anderson on a 2-track reel to reel tape recorder

Steve asked John to write a song about the Iran hostage crisis that was going on at the time, so he did and this is it.

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John Hovorka New York

John Hovorka played guitar and bass guitar in bands first in Geneva NY but mostly in Boston then in New York City. After he started writing songs he was the leader of The 2x4's (1978 - 1980), then Noise Pencil (1982), Turbines (1983 - 1987), Hovorka (1988 - 2002), John Hovorka And The Dawn Of Mechanized Farming (DOMF) (2003 - 2016), and also made solo albums. He is now in Massachusetts. ... more

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