Key: F major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
born to be soldiers,
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they're the ones who answer the call.
We gratefully accept their service,
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to stand up and fight for us all.
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And if I were a fly on the wall
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Die for nothing at all
I had a friend who was a soldier
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We sat out on my front lawn
He said, I don't know why I'm going
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Or what it is to be done
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He went off to the jungle,
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and I never did see him again
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Some people aren't born to be soldiers,
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Me, I was never a soldier
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and I don't regret it
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today
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Some people are born to be spectators
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They stand on the side
They're never the ones who are going,
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but they support it year after year
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make deals in the fine marble halls
come home broken,
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they give them back nothing at all
Some people say how
about a little something
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to support the men and wo
Some public statement
it's the right thing
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Some patriotic words of prayer
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When their names end up on a wall?
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Don't die over nothing at all
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Some people are born to survive it
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To watch their brothers in arms fall
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Me, I was never a soldier
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and I don't regret it at all
Some people are born to be soldiers
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Civilians, tell them what to do
Where to go and who to kill,
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and especially who to answer to
and the bad fights,
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Cause we hate to see even one soldier
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die for nothing at all
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