Lucinda Williams - "Soldier's Song"

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I met my enemy today
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Baby sends the little one out to play
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Enemy shot two of my buddies down
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Baby rides the little one on the
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merry-go-round

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By my post, I?m standing guard
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Baby hopes for roses in the front yard
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I don't know my enemy's name
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Baby takes the little one to a
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baseball game

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Why am I in this God forsaken place?
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Baby washes the dirt off the
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little one's face
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Ten year olds in the killing fields
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Baby's planning the weekly meals

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Bodies in a muddy ditch
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Baby's got supper to fix
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My buddys got a hole in his head
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Babys getting the little one ready for bed

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Today I shot my enemy
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Baby gives the little one a hug for me
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Both my buddys legs got blown off
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Baby tends to the little one's cough

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I stare down the barrel of a gun
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Babys goin? out to have some fun
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I hear ringing in my ears
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Babys face is all wet with tears

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I hear echoes of shots
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Babys only thinking sweet thoughts
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Why the hell did they send me
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here to fight?
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Baby kisses my picture and turns
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off the light

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I can't look my enemy in the eye
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Baby tells the little one, daddy's
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gone bye-bye
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Today I took a bullet through the heart
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Baby's gonna have to make a
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brand new start

**Instrumental One or two verses to suit

Bbmaj7 F
I met my enemy today
C Dm
Baby sends the little one out to play
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Enemy shot two of my buddies down
C
Baby rides the little one on the
Dm
merry-go-round

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