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I ain't marching anymore

from Songs for the revolution by Lee Brickley

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Oh I wen;t to the battle of New Orleans
At the end of the early British war
The young land started growing
The young blood started flowing
But I ain't marchin' anymore

I killed my share of Indians
In a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I must have killed my brothers
And so many others
But I ain't marchin anymore

It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all

They sailed me over to the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain't marchin' anymore

For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar
When I saw the cities burning
I knew that I was learning
That I ain't marchin' anymore

Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants,
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore,
Call it "Peace" or call it "Reason, "
Call it "Love" or call it "Treason, "
But I ain't marchin' any more.

Lyrics copyright Phil Ochs
Performance: Lee Brickley 2018

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from Songs for the revolution, released April 13, 2018

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