Irving Berlin

I Paid My Income Tax Today
[Verse:] I said to my Uncle Sam Old Man Taxes, here I am And he Was glad to see me Mister Small Fry, yes, indeed Lower brackets, that's my speed But he Was glad to see me [1st refrain:] I paid my income tax today I never felt so proud before To be right there with the millions more Who paid their income tax today I'm squared up with the U.S.A. See those bombers in the sky? Rockefeller helped to build 'em, so did I I paid my income tax today [2nd refrain:] I paid my income tax today A thousand planes to bomb Berlin They'll all be paid for and I chipped in That certainly makes me feel okay Ten thousand more and that ain't hay SongtexteWe must pay for this war somehow Uncle Sam was worried but he isn't now I paid my income tax today [3rd REFRAIN with coda:] I paid my income tax today I never cared what Congress spent But now I'll watch over ev'ry cent Examine ev'ry bill they pay They'll have to let me have my say I wrote the Treasury to go slow Careful, Mister Henry Junior, that's my dough I paid my income tax Now you've got all the facts I know you'll pay your taxes too Aus Songtexte Mania