songs: Soldier Boy

Sometime around 2007.

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Soldier boy, oh, don’t be sad
You were born to see much more than that
You think your heart is strong
But it’s not, it’s just lonely

Soldier boy, so young and brave
So quick to love, so quick to hate
You didn’t stand a chance
It’s not your fault
It’s your country’s

See, freedom is older than America
It’s being true to yourself
Then showing everyone else your kind of love
Oh, yeah, freedom is older than America
And I’d bet if there’s a god
He’d bless each and every one of us.

Soldier boy, you’re just defending
Some plastics and concrete and deficit spending
It’s not my right to sing that you’re willing to die for

But, soldier boy, you’re not to blame
You’re my brother, so I’ll love you just the same
Our parent’s taught us wrong
Though they tried their best
Of this I’m sure

See, freedom is older than America
It’s in the stars and the land
And the trees and the sand and the dust
Oh yeah, Freedom it’s older than America
And I’d bet if there’s a god
He’d bless each and every one of us.

Freedom is old and she’s tough
She don’t need your guns
She needs your love.

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