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Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes

Rod McKuen

1971

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Er wordt gezegd dat Rod McKuen dit lied niet als een overwinningslied of protestlied heeft bedoeld. "Net als veel van de nummers die ik schreef in die periode (Alley, Alley Oxen Free, The Things Men Do, Some of Them Fall, Maybe Tomorrow and others) is het geschreven vanuit frustratie, het gevoel van machteloosheid om iets aan te doen aan het gegeven dat zo veel van mijn broers en zussen dagelijks een ​​oorlog ingestuurd worden. Een oorlog die maar door weinigen begrepen werd en waarvan niemand dacht dat het mogelijk was om die oorlog te winnen."

Artiest

Rod McKuen

A-kant Titel

Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes

A-kant Lengte

2:37

A-kant Componist(en)

Rod McKuen

A-kant Producer(s)

Rod McKuen

B-kant titel

Three // My Mothers Eyes

B-kant lengte

2:22 //

B-kant componist(en)

Rod McKuen // Gilbert, Baer

B-kant producer(s)

Rod McKuen

Platenlabel

Warner Bros.

Catalogusnr

16057 // 16 121

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Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes

Come and take my eldest son,
Show him how to shoot a gun
Wipe his eyes if he starts to cry
When the bullets fly.
Give him a rifle, take his hoe,
Show him a field where he can go
To lay his body down and die
Without asking why


refrein:
Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
But there are millions who want to be civilians
Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
But there are millions who want to be civilians


Sticks and stones can break your bones,
Even names can hurt you
But the thing that hurts the most
Is when a man deserts you
Don't you think its time to weed
The leaders that no longer lead
From the people of the land
Who'd like to see their sons again?

refrein:
Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
But there are millions who want to be civilians
Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
But there are millions who want to be civilians


God if men could only see
The lessons taught by history
That all the singers of this song
Cannot right a single wrong
Let all men of good will
Stay in the fields they have to till
Feed the mouths they have to fill
And cast away their arms

refrein:
Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
But there are millions who want to be civilians
Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
But there are millions who want to be civilians

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