Soldiers

By Lamar Deal


All your patriotic music
And all your fifes and drums
Will not bring my dead child back to me
When all the killing’s done

All you politicians
With no children in the fray
You do not care what harm you do
To my child in harm’s way

(Chorus)
They say old soldiers never die
And I suppose that’s true
Old soldiers never die
But, God how the young ones do

All you who make a profit
Upon my child’s death
I pray that God will curse you
With that child’s dying breath

All you who would willingly
Give my child as sacrifice
Would you give your own child
Would you pay that awful price

(Chorus)