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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Captain Collier came home,
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he's been fighting the war
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And I guess he thought he'd be hailed as
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a hero and more
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And he walked down the streets
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of the old home town
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And he saw how it is around here now
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Now Cap tain Collier had to call Far too many
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girls for a date that night
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All the girls had gone out
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With their long haired boys
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Captain Collier, he cried
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What the hell have I been fighting for?
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Oh, Captain it's for you
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We wanna bring you home
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We wanna hold you in our arms
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Come back and keep us warm
Verse 4
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Had been drafted and gone
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He'd been told that only
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cow ards say no
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He came home and called some
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old friends
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They'd resisted the draft
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And they both were in prison
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And their wives and their kids
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Were all skinny and having a bad time
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He remembered the men
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Called political prisoners
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you know where and when
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And he learned that the lines are
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tapped all the time now
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And he's wondering if maybe his
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courage is needed at home now
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Yes soldier we're afraid
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We're not just bein' fools
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We're gassed and beaten
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here at home
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We've got to change the
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rules
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Corporal Thomas McCann Is a
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Someone told him he'd better join up
It would would make him a man
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He came home and to the park
he went
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And he sat down on a bench
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And a dungaree girl told him
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he'd been a man all along
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And he looked at the sign
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that she carried in her hand
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It said "Fuck the war and bring
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And corporal McCann he looks in
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to her eyes
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And I believe that he's be
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gun to understand
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We formed our little bands
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The politicians and the magazines
They just don't understand
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Yes, soldier it's for you
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We're riskin' all we have
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We're nailed and jailed the
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same as you
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Our lives are up for grabs
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Yes soldier it's for you
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We want to bring you home
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We wanna hold you in our arms
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Come back and keep us warm
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Her bring our brother home
Outro 1
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