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Artist: Michael Hill
Canonical path: /michael-hill/soldier-s-blues
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Soldier's Blues
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Soldier's Blues
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Ha, huh huh
Where I come from?
Brothers who have escaped from the 'hood to the front
American dream?
Just hoping you get home alive
Ha, all good soldiers know what to expect
Said all good soldiers know what to expect
Listen: got to see you darling, may never see you again
No no no
Never lost a battle, can't seem to win the war
Never lost a battle no no, can't seem to win the war
Ha, I just pray someone can tell me, what the hell we're fightin' for
Listen now
Old men fightin' on chairs, send the young ones off to die
Old men fightin' on chairs, send the young ones off to die
Ha, you know what?
Asked the captain to explain, and he could not tell me why
No no no no no
Listen: somethin' terrible in a whorehouse, his name was G. I. Joe
I'm tellin' ya, somethin' terrible in a whorehouse, his name was G. I. Joe
He had killed a bunch of children, he was off to kill some more
I've got the soldier's blues and I really paid my dues
Got the s-s-soldier, soldier's blues, really paid my dues
I fight the enemy abroad and in my home town too
I've got the soldier's blues and I really paid my dues
Got the soldier, soldier, soldier's blues, really paid my dues
Fight the enemy abroad and in my home town too
Ha, try to send me, to kill my family yon, in mama Africa
Got my children, killin' my brothers and sisters, in Panama
Lord knows it ain't right, this no way's right
(spoken:
And all those soldiers who did Vietnam
Back in the world with nowhere to live
Tired and weary
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