You’re bringing us down You’re bringing us down You’re bringing us down Here in the symphony in the five man band Trying to sympathize but you can’t understand Set my mind to interbarometer Move so slow from desk to dresser It fell down without a sound It took five years just to get down Who put up the flag? We haven’t got a door yet If they storm the floor tonight leave the pistol by your bed We have jeopardized our situation Disengage the ammunition We are on a mercy mission Bringing us down Who put up the flag? We haven’t got a door yet If they storm the floor tonight take the pills beside your bed Jeopardized our situation Disengage the ammunition We are on a mercy mission Take away the golden epaulettes From the fallen dead cadets Let’s arrange it as their epitaph For the bodies in the acid bath Drag the sea coast and go for the gusto The man with the plan said the foreman must go If the chief don’t fight let the chief go ahead The squad and the scout will stay in bed If the chief says jump I’ll say “not I” If the chief says jump I’ll say “how high?”