THE WAR LUCERO
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I got drafted at nineteen Me and a bunch of boys from home
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January forty three
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We Drove out to pine bluff and signed on G F C
Went to basic south of Birmingham
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They put me on a west coast train G F C
Spent three days out in san diego
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Then shipped me back east again
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Left a port out of new york
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Slept for months in british rain
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I tore it up down in London town
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Then they shipped me back out again
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And the preacher said boys
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He who is killed tonight
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Will dine with the lord in parade
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Then one boy spoke up
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Said preacher come on
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Eat your supper with us
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Never talk about those first days
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Lots of friends left behind
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But I made it all the across france
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And I fought at the maginot line
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Rode a tank into Belgium
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I liked them better than the French
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Like my daddy thirty years before
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I did my time in the trench
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Lots of days theres no water
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But the liquor kept me warm
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The cellers were stocked to the ceilings with booze
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So I carried a bottle with my gun
CHORUS
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Three times I made seargent
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Im not that kind of man
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Pretty much as quick as I could
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I got busted back to private again
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Cause taking orders never suited me
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But givin them out was much worse
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I could not stand to get my friends killed
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So I took care of myself first
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Now I know that don’t sound right
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Don’t think to bad of me
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No it keeps me up nights
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What I could’ve done differently
CHORUS
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I was not to dine at the table of the lord
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His Food was not to be mine
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Cause I cursed his name every chance that I could
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And I reckon that’s why I’m still alive.
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