Judy Collins - Masters Of War
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Come you masters of war
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You that build all the guns
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You that build the death planes
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You that build the big bombs
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You that hide behind walls
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You that hide behind desks
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I just want you to know
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I can see through your masks
[Verse 2]
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You that never done nothing
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But build to destroy
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You play with my world
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Like it’s your little toy
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You put a gun in my hand
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And you hide from my eyes
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And you turn and run farther
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When the fast bullets fly
[Verse 3]
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Like Judas of old
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You lie and deceive
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A world war can be won
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You want me to believe
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But I see through your eyes
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And I see through your brain
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Like I see through the water
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That runs down my drain
[Verse 4]
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You fasten the triggers
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For the others to fire
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Then you sit back and watch
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When the death count gets higher
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You hide in your mansion
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As young people’s blood
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Flows out of their bodies
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And is buried in the mud
[Verse 5]
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You’ve thrown the worst fear
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That can ever be hurled
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Fear to bring children
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Into the world
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For threatening my baby
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Unborn and unnamed
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You ain’t worth the blood
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That runs in your veins
[Verse 6]
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How much do I know
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To talk out of turn
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You might say that I’m young
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You might say I’m unlearned
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But there’s one thing I know
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Though I’m younger than you
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Even Jesus would never
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Forgive what you do
[Verse 7]
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Let me ask you one question
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Is your money that good
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Will it buy you forgiveness
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Do you think that it could
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I think you will find
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When your death takes its toll
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All the money you made
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Will never buy back your soul