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I don’t have the heart of a soldier
This way of life is killing me
Only thing that’s keeping me alive
Is my dream of the deep blue sea
Marching from
battle to battle
it’s blood and dust and pain
I’m loosely tied to my memories
of a life that seems so far away
In my minds eye
All that I can see
Is the great Atlantic Ocean
Rising up and washing over me
There’s no understanding a war
It’s an endless deafening scream
Keep praying I’ll wake up
From this suffocating dream
I’d never been more than 20 miles
From the place that I called home
Now I’ve walked this whole country over
Killing people I don’t know
In my minds eye
All that I can see
Is the great Atlantic Ocean
Rising up and washing over me
Endless blue water
Gonna wash away
the memory
Of a thousand bloody days
And dark nights without sleep
I don’t have the heart of a soldier
This way of life is killing me
Only thing that’s keeping me alive
Is my dream of the deep blue sea
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Tiny Windows
He was a tall man, picturesque
Soldiers’ will to freedom’s song
He held his woman close to his chest
Shot through both hips before too long
Like watchtowers, hills rose around
He never did submit to fear
Moved his focus to the higher ground
He had a vision – brutal and clear
Even through these tiny windows
How bright the light does shine
But even fighting for each other
In battle, we are blind
It’s a narrow road they’ll be coming down
There’s a devil to be paid
I’ll do everything I can
But there’s nothing I can do today
To him man mattered more than The State
His conviction never dim
Bloody Chamberlain, he had his faith
Six horses blown from under him
Even through these tiny windows
How bright the light does shine
Even fighting for each other
In battle, we are blind
Even killing for your brother
A war, a wound in time
But when you’re reaching for your lover
A moment that’s sublime
Go beyond these tiny windows
Light inside these tiny windows
Even through these tiny windows
Even through these tiny windows
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Susan Hwang - They Say
02:46
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They all say they'll miss it when it's gone.
They all pray to their god who can't be wrong
Apparently, nothing makes you feel alive
Like rushing off to die.
They say some things never change
The poor and the young dying for the rich man's gain
Congratulations on your honor.
What good is glory when you're a gonner.
I don't care what it's for
I don't care what it promises
The only good reason for war
is to remind you how dumb it is.
Of all the things we can do, from Mel Brooks movies to medicine ,
why is it that not lining up thousands of innocent people to die isn't one of them.
Of all the things we can't control, from earthquakes to estrogen
killing thousands of innocent people shouldn't be one of them.
Things I'd rather do than go to war:
Eat dinner with my friends
Pet a cat
Have sex
wear hotpants
dance
ride a bike
...
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Never, Forever
Cherries are ripening all over Pennsylvania
All that month there is heat and wild rain
Strange hot land of elegance and anger
A windblown vacancy, a breathless pain
There is not much time, beware, prepare
Never, forever, never, forever
Never, forever, never, forever
Hour of decision, enemy on soil
Without so much as a drop of brandy
Emergency ration against snakebite and bad dreams
Not even a spoonful of save the baby
There is not much time, beware, prepare
Never, forever, never, forever
Never, forever, never, forever
He dreamed of his wife in the steamy morning
"I lie here dreamyly"
She was suddenly there, hot candy presence
She the only vacancy
O hast thou forgotten
how soon we must sever
oh hast thou forgotten
how soon we must part
it may be for years
it may be forever
Never, forever, never, forever
Never, forever, never, forever
Bow down thy heavens o lord come down
Ewell’s weakness and Hill’s illness
And the union army blossoming darkly
Across the field like a bristly fungus
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Generally
General Lee defense is a wimpy way to war
And the flames in your fire only push your mind toward
Plans to attack
But to attack in my opinion
Will put our little army in a terrible position
Generally...
Keep it down lee, keep it down lee, keep it down
(Got to attack)
Keep it down lee,keep it down lee, keep it down
(No holdin back)
Keep it down lee, keep it down lee, keep it down.
It's a sad fact that you won't hold back cuz it's gonna bring our army down.
Longstreet I won't let another day go
War isn't for the week it's for fighting our foe
Won't swing southeast just to sit on my thumbs
You want to defend DC, well I think that's dumb
Did I mention I think that's dumb.
It's dumb
That's dumb
Ok it's dumb
Oh yea
Chorus
And the union army occupies
Occupies the hillside
Fighting from above not below
With defensive mellow
And the union army occupies
Occupies the hillside
Fighting from above not below
With defensive mellow
Lets go down to DC
Lets fight them off in DC
Lets go down to DC
Lets fight them off in DC
Wait for DC
Wait for DC
Wait for DC
(Chorus)
General lee defense is a wimpy way to war
But outsized and out positioned make terrible conditions
This is a mistake
Generally we can't make
Oh I wish you heard
Me before Gettysburg
General lee you heard
Me before Gettysburg
Ohhhh ohhhh
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Pickett's Charge
Waves of fire like flowers bloom
In the drifting clouds on Seminary Ridge
Sliding down the long afternoon
To the end
He said the Lord will come for you in his own time
As if these triggers pulled themselves
And the music of cannon fire
Scores the scene
Where we die for nothing
Falling down
We'll hold the line
Til the end
But the Lord won't come for me, not this time
We chose this way to hell
While the music of cannon fire
Scores the scene
Where we die for nothing
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We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more
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