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Nobody's ARMY (FAMILY of PEACE) This song got made up in those painful Reagan years, when toilet seats cost $600 IF it was a PENTAGON procurement... It's to be bellowed out like THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC With feeling! Now, I'm standing out here in this street, begging right in front of You Reagonomics closed my rest home, and I don't know what I'll do... Has TRUTH kept marching on? My sergeant said our unit was made only the very best But I don't want no hero's badge, I got scars all over my chest I went to a Vets hospital, and they treated me like a pest Has TRUTH kept marching on? CHORUS: I ain't fighting in Nobody's ARMY, Nobody's ARMY, Nobody's ARMY, I ain't fighting in Nobody's ARMY, I pledge allegiance to the FAMILY of PEACE Bible thumpers and generals have blared out their holy writs We marched off so glory-eyed, like sheep, and then the bomb-blast hits That some who yell of patriotism turn and cut our benefits Is TRUTH STILL marching on? You can read your books of HIStory, it happens after every war Went to see President Hoover, National Guard shooed us from his door Now, when I sing of GRAPES of WRATH, I ask where are they kept in store? Is TRUTH STILL marching on? CHORUS: I ain't fighting in Nobody's ARMY, Nobody's ARMY, Nobody's ARMY, I ain't fighting in Nobody's ARMY, I pledge allegiance to the FAMILY of PEACE We're told sacrifice for the state is most highly commend-able Yet, when loan bills for bombs come due, VETS SEEM TO BE EXPEND-ABLE! Yes, I'm speaking right from my heart to YOU, that isn't even defend-able How LONG must TRUTH march on? Listen up, MR. PRESIDENT, victims of A-bomb tests had better not be refused Think of all the guiltless ones any soldier has ever abused Don't think draft registration, you DON'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF THOSE YOU'VE USED!!! WILL TRUTH COME HOME TO REST? CHORUS: I ain't fighting in Nobody's ARMY, Nobody's ARMY, Nobody's ARMY, I ain't fighting in Nobody's ARMY, I pledge allegiance to the FAMILY of PEACE |