The Navy Gets the Gravy But the Army Gets the Beans (From "At War with the Army")

In the Navy they get steak, caviar and whipped cream cake They have fancy cooks who know what cookin' means In the Army we get mess, and it really is a mess Oh, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans (Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans) Send a salami to your boy in the army Yes, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans (Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans) Navy service is ideal, printed menus every meal And they decorate your plate with parsley greens In the Army, we get chow that you wouldn't feed a Chow Oh, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the Beautiful beans, gorgeous beans, succulent beans (beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans) Send a baloney, 'cause I'm skinny and boney Yes, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans (Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans) (Nothing but beans) Loving those beans, huggin' those beans Know what It means, mommy, I love ya Nothing but beans (Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans) Oh, it seems bell-bottomed pants are conducive to romance They are wined and dined and loved by movie queens But you wear a khaki frame, and you get a wacky dame Oh, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans (Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans) It is only the beans You can grab a marine, and you show him a bean He says, what does it mean, that I never have seen So you grab a civilian, and one in a million can identify So I say to you, why do we got to have beans? (Beans) Multiple beans, tropical beans, succulent beans Nothing but beans, beans Nothing but beans