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Soldier

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Soldier

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Stand for the truth you stand alone

government will cover up

i saw a man sitting in a room

holding a gun to his head

he said man oh man

what am I gonna do

I can't change the past but I can change the future

If I pull this trigger right now, right here

everything will be overf

not a day goes by I don't see them in my dreams

not a day goes by I don't hear them screaming in my ears

begging for mercy, pleading innocent

since my heart is made up to be as cold

as the barrel of this gun I hold

I would pull the trigger anyway

CHORUS

I was a soldier, following instructions from a man

we have known as the general

so many medals, so many praises

nothing can take away the guilt

that I feel inside me

Government covered up every crime we committed

against human kind

not a day goes by, I don't see them in my dreams

not a day goes by, I don't hear them crying in my ears

Julie! Julie!

I heard of this guy

He lives up on the mountain

they say he mixes herbs

throws the bones, tells the future

I'm on my way right now

I wanna know about my future

with a girl named Julie

CHORUS

Julie Julie Julie oh Girl (x2)

Road is hard getting up there

but they say where there's love

there'll always be a way

so Im gonna huff and puff make my way to the mountain

cause I wanna know my future with a girl named Julie

CHORUS

Julie Julie Julie oh Girl (x2)

Some people call him a witch doctor

but how can he be a witch and a doctor at the same time

if she's not the right one for me

I better stop dreaming about her

I'm on my way right now

I wanna know my future with a girl named Julie

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