mnottertail
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This was written during the war in Vietnam. It is protesting to stop the war and return home the young men who were sent to fight. Although this received a lot of airplay in the States, it was banned by the US Command from the American Forces Network for fear that it would "give aid and comfort to the enemy." Fathers are pleading, lovers are all alone Mothers are praying-send our sons back home You marched them away-yes, you did-on ships and planes To the senseless war, facing death in vain Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Turn the ships around, lay your weapons down Can't you see 'em march across the sky, all the soldiers that have died Tryin' to get home-can't you see them tryin' to get home? Tryin' to get home-they're tryin' to get home Cease all fire on the battlefield Enough men have already been wounded or killed Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Turn the ships around, lay your weapons down (Mothers, fathers and lovers, can't you see them) Oooh, oooh... Tryin' to get home-can't you see them tryin' to get home? Oooh, oooh... Tryin' to get home-they're tryin' to get home Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive) What they doing over there, now (bring 'em back alive) When we need them over here, now (bring 'em back alive) What they doing over there, now (bring 'em back alive) When we need them over here, now (bring 'em back alive)
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Have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two? Judges 5:30
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