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VERSE ONE:
Is
there a reason why,
Young men choose to die,
For the stars and the stripes.
Why politicians lie,
Sound the battle cry,
For a war in some strange and distant land.
BRIDGE:
But
it pains me to feel this way,
In human lives we have paid.
CHORUS:
This wars a tragedy, that borders on insanity,
A human travesty, that never seems to end.
Why does humanity,
Endorse these acts of savagery,
In defence of a flag.
VERSE
TWO:
How
can we justify,
A war that’s built on lies,
For the stars and the stripes.
Young men condemned to die,
But never knowing why,
Alone in some strange and distant land.
BRIDGE:
For
the country has been betrayed,
In human lives we have paid.
CHORUS
OUTRO:
And why do our leaders have to lie,
Condemn the innocent to die,
In some strange and distant land.
And why don’t our leaders send their own,
Into a foreign battle zone,
In some strange and distant land,
In defence of the flag,
The stars and the stripes.
Written:
June 17th & 18th, 2005
Words & Music by Geoff Dominy
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