I always knew that you would
take yourself so far from home
as soon as, and as far as you could go

By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair
by the Army issue green
for the past eight weeks I can tell
where you've been

For I knew
I could see
it was all cut and dried to me
there was soldiers' blue blood
streaming inside your veins

There is a world outside of this room and
when you meet it promise me
that you won't meet it
with your gun

So now you are one
one of the brave few
and it's awful sad that we need
boys like you

I hope the day never comes
for "Here's your live round son.
Stock and barrel,
safety, trigger, here's your gun"

Well I knew
I could see
it was all cut and dried to me
there was soldiers' blue blood
streaming inside your veins

There is a world outside of this room and
when you meet it promise me
that you won't meet it with your gun taking aim

For I don't mean to argue, that they've
made a decent boy of you and
I don't mean to spoil your home coming, but
baby brother you should expect me to

"Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun."
Now does your heart pitter pat with a patriotic song when you see the stripes of Old Glory waving?

For I knew
I could see
it was all cut and dried to me
there was soldiers' blue blood
streaming inside your veins

There is a world outside of this room
and when you meet it promise me
that you won't meet it with your gun taking aim

I don't mean
to argue, they've made a decent boy of you
and I don't mean to spoil your homecoming my
baby brother Jude and I don't
mean to hurt you by saying this again
they're so good at making soldiers
but they're not as good at making men.

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