Love and War

Album: Love and War (2017)
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  • He was nineteen
    And landed at Bagram
    Scared and all alone
    He lost a leg and a girlfriend
    Before he got home

    And they say all is fair in Love and War
    But that ain't true, it's wrong
    They send you off to die for us
    Forget about you when you're done

    He was nineteen in '68
    After all this time
    That pumpkin boy is now a broken man
    Waitin' in a VA line
    They say all is fair in Love and
    But that ain't true, it's wrong
    They ship you out to die for us
    Forget about you when you're done

    And the nightmares
    And he's running scared
    Far from home
    And he wakes up
    From a nightmare
    He's in another one
    He's still not home

    They call 'em decorated heroes
    And pin some medals on their chest
    Give 'em a tiny little pension
    Could we do much less

    They say all is fair in Love and War
    But that ain't true, it's wrong
    They ship you out to die for us
    Forget about you when you're gone

    They say all is fair in Love and War
    But that ain't true, it's wrong
    They ship you out to die for us
    Forget about you when you're gone

    They say all is fair in Love and War
    But that ain't true, it's wrong
    They ship you out to die for us
    But forget about you when you're gone Writer/s: Brad Douglas Paisley, John C. Fogerty
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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