Soldier Blue

(Lloyd)
He was only seventeen when the letter came in the mail
From the local draft board saying you've got a choice
Jloin the army or you go to jail
As he packed his bags, his mother wept saying:
"Daddy don't you think it's a shame?"
"No, I think it will make him a man."
Eleven weeks of boot camp got you doing situps in the day and the night
Then they ship you out on a boat and they say you are ready to fight
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Have your breakfast in a Saigon street
Where the heroin is so strong
It makes the killing sweet
Pretty soon you can do no wrong
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So they send you off on night patrol
Put a carbine in your hand
Tely ou not to shoot yourself
You're supposed to shoot the Vietnam
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Take a look at my friend Charlie
He's go tno hands, no legs, no feet
Now they've got him selling pencils on the corner
Boys, he begging in the street
Sa I call up my Congressman
Saying Mister I have a complaint
Why are we losing all our boys in the war?
When are we going to learn some restraint?
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