Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie - Spoils of War
[Verse 1]
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It’s all agreed, let’s have a war
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It’s been so dull, let’s make some speeches
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Let’s get the voters off our backs
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They’d rather watch us storm some beaches
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And so we lose some of the boys
C A
At least we let ‘em die like men
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Take out a villain, make some noise
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And they’ll elect us all again
[Verse 2]
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We’ve got a leader with a plan
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The suffering one, he swears he’ll aid him
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If he can’t feed his fellow man
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He’ll blow him to the God that made him
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Get all the homeboys seein’ red
C A
A chance to even up the score
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Come home a hero, come home dead
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They’ll be no poorer than before
[Verse 3]
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There’s lots of boys will go to fight
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For what we say has been denied them
Dm C Dm
Just keep it simple, keep it light
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There’s plenty more to die beside them
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How fie and fair they’ll run to die
C A
To earn their share of the spoils of war
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While rich and poor,the mothers cry
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Forever poorer than before
[Verse 4]
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And who is beaten and undone
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And who earns fame and who earns glory
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The last one left to hold a gun
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There’s no one there to check his story
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The winner’s free to shout and brag
C A
And gather up the spoils of war
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And drape his brother with a flag
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And come home poorer than before
[Verse 5]
Dm C Dm
So on we run and on we roll
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We’ll make the foe drop down and kneel
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We’ll learn no lessons from the past
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We’ll go and reinvent the wheel
C Dm
And so we lose some of the boys
C A
At least we let ‘em die like men
Dm C Dm
Take out a villain, make some noise
G Dm
And they’ll elect us all again