I always knew that you would take yourself far from home as soon as
as far as you could go.
By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair and 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 soldier s blue blood streaming inside your veins.
There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me you won t meet it with your gun.
So now you are one of the brave few
it s awful sad 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 you won t meet it with your gun taking aim.
For I don t mean to argue
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." So now does your heart pitter pat with a patriotic song when you see the stripes of Old Glory waving? Well I knew
I could see
it was all cut and dried to me there was soldier s blue blood streaming inside your veins.
There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me 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 so good at making men.

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