The War Drags On Lyrics - Donovan

Mick Softley 

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Let me tell you the story of a soldier named Dan. 

Went out to fight the good fight in South Vietnam, 

Went out to fight for peace, liberty and all, 

Went out to fight for equality, hope, let's go, 

And the war drags on. 

Found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones, 

Millions without faces, without hope and without homes. 

And the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones 

That the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes, 

And the war drags on. 

They're just there to try and make the people free, 

But the way that they're doing it, it don't seem like that to me. 

Just more blood-letting and misery and tears 

That this poor country's known for the last twenty years, 

And the war drags on. 

Last night poor Dan had a nightmare it seems. 

One kept occurring and re-occurring in his dream: 

Cities full of people burn and scream and shoutin' loud 

And right over head a great orange mushroom cloud. 

And there's no more war, 

for there's no more world, 

And the tears come streaming down. 

Yes, I lie crying on the ground. 

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