Best anti-war song.
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kjb
Proof reading not always a strength
Tom Waits, The Day After Tomorrow
They fill us full of lies, everyone buys
'Bout what it means to be a soldier
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel
'Bout all the blood that's been spilled
Will god on this throne
Get me back home
On the day after tomorrow
You can't deny, the other side
Don't want to die anymore then we do
What I'm trying to say is don't they pray
To the same god that we do?
And tell me how does god choose?
Whose prayers does he refuse?
Who turns the wheel?
Who throws the dice?
On the day after tomorrow
I am not fighting, for justice
I am not fighting, for freedom
I am fighting, for my life
And another day in the world here
They fill us full of lies, everyone buys
'Bout what it means to be a soldier
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel
'Bout all the blood that's been spilled
Will god on this throne
Get me back home
On the day after tomorrow
You can't deny, the other side
Don't want to die anymore then we do
What I'm trying to say is don't they pray
To the same god that we do?
And tell me how does god choose?
Whose prayers does he refuse?
Who turns the wheel?
Who throws the dice?
On the day after tomorrow
I am not fighting, for justice
I am not fighting, for freedom
I am fighting, for my life
And another day in the world here
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
thegreathopper
snk
Why EP - Discharge, in fact all of my teenage years was listening to anti war songs, But Discharge did the best, they were just so serious.
The Captain
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Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
We saw a fairly recent production at the theatre royal Stratford East a while ago. very good/emotional.
ten years ago.
officiallondontheatre.com
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ten years ago.
Quentin joins Stratford East’s Lovely War
Caroline Quentin will appear alongside a host of stage regulars in Terry Johnson’s forthcoming musical Oh What A lovely War when it is revived 50 years after the shocking satire premiered at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
officiallondontheatre.com
"O What A Lovely War" Cast – Oh, What A Lovely War
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| Label: | Decca – SPA 27 |
|---|---|
| Series: | The World Of (3) |
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo |
| Country: | UK |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Genre: | Pop, Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Musical |
The Garden called Gethsemane
In Picardy it was,
And there the people came to see
The English soldiers pass.
We used to pass - we used to pass
Or halt, as it might be,
And ship our masks in case of gas
Beyond Gethsemane.
The Garden called Gethsemane,
It held a pretty lass,
But all the time she talked to me
I prayed my cup might pass.
The officer sat on the chair,
The men lay on the grass,
And all the time we halted there
I prayed my cup might pass.
It didn't pass - it didn't pass
It didn't pass from me.
I drank it when we met the gas
Beyond Gethsemane !
Rudyard Kipling