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I shot my first deer on a winter day - when I was ten years old
When I looked through the sights my hands were shaking cause the barrel was so damn cold
My daddy told me to take a breath and then let it out real slow
I squeezed the trigger and the deer went down in a pool of blood on the snow
Blood – Blood on the snow

After Pearl Harbor I wanted to fight, so I joined up as a ranger.
They shot bullets overhead as we crawled in the dirt, to get us used to danger
Tommy stuck his head up and then he fell down – I asked if he was hurt
But the only thing that came out of his mouth was a trickle of blood on the dirt
Blood – Blood on the dirt

My real war started on D-Day climbing up the cliff at Pointe-du-Hoc
The Krauts didn’t figure we could get up that way – we gave ‘em quite a shock
I tossed my grenade in a German bunker – I don’t say it was neat.
I looked inside and all I saw was a spatter of blood on concrete
Blood – Blood on concrete

When winter came, my buddy and I got stuck behind enemy lines
With a pair of morons slowing us down – or else we’d have been fine
So we ditched them and we went to lie in wait where we thought the Germans would go
But now I’m dying with a hole in my back in a pool of blood on the snow
Blood – My blood on the snow

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from Bushwick Book Club presents SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, released February 3, 2013

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

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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