they're the ones who answer the call.
We gratefully accept their service,
to stand up and fight for us all.
We send them off to do our bidding
And if I were a fly on the wall
I'd hate to see even one soldier
I had a friend who was a soldier
We sat out on my front lawn
He said, I don't know why I'm going
I mean, isn't it their country?
Who are we to be buttoned in?
He went off to the jungle,
and I never did see him again
Some people aren't born to be soldiers,
they end up soldiers anyway
Me, I was never a soldier
Some people are born to be spectators
They're never the ones who are going,
but they support it year after year
They invest in the oil and the weapons,
make deals in the fine marble halls
they give them back nothing at all
to support the men and wo
Some patriotic words of prayer
But why are they only called heroes
When their names end up on a wall?
I pray those born to be heroes
Don't die over nothing at all
Some people are born to survive it
To watch their brothers in arms fall
Me, I was never a soldier
and I don't regret it at all
Some people are born to be soldiers
Civilians, tell them what to do
Where to go and who to kill,
and especially who to answer to
They fight the good fights
so we can all think we're standing tall
Cause we hate to see even one soldier
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