Hah... Huh huh...

Where I come from?

Brothers who have escaped from the 'hood to the front

American dream?

Just hoping you get home alive...



Hah, 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

Hah 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

Hah 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 payed my dues

Got the s-s-soldier, soldier's blues

Really payed my dues

I fight the enemy abroad

And in my home town too



I've got the soldier's blues

And I really payed my dues

Got the soldier, soldier, soldier's blues

Really payed my dues

Fight the enemy abroad

And in my home town too



Hah... 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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