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Lt was on a |
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Friday evening wasn't nobody 'round |
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I was sitting by my window watching tbe sun go down |
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My baby came up to me saying daddy |
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I got news for you |
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I have been recruited and there ain't nothing you can do |
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Cause I can 't stand sitting, round this crazy town no more |
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Not since the little baby shot dead down on the second floor |
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And what about that poor old lady crippled in a police raid |
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They told me if |
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I get killed in battle |
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I still get paid |
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When the train pulled out next morning |
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I just stood and waived bye bye |
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My baby joined the army wasn 't nothing |
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I could do but cry |
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There was a time there was a dance that |
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I used to do |
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There was a dream that was working |
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I had other plans for you |
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His family and his pride is all a man |
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Iike me has left |
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Better watch your back better take care of yourself |
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When the train pulled out next morning no precious child was left behind |
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My baby joined the army, wasn't nothing |
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I could do but cry |
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Some day people williook back and say |
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That was a time when peace didn't declare |
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But I won't be around watching the evening sun go down |
