Tonart: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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why didn't we hear it?
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"Mercy, mercy," why did we read it buried on
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the last page of our morning papers?
The plan was drafted,
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drafted in secret.
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Gunboats met the red tide,
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driven to the rum trade for the army that they created.
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But the bullets were bought by us,
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it was dollars that paid them.
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Verse 2
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Please forgive us, we don't know what
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was done in our name.
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There'll be more trials like this
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in mer cenary heydays.
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When they're so apt to wrap themselves
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up in the stripes and stars
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And find that they are able to
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And to justify murder by their
fighters for freedom.
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Verse 3
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Please forgive us,
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we don't know what was done.
Please forgive us,
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we didn't know.
Could you ever forgive us?
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I don't know how you could.
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I know this is no consola
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tion.
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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we didn't know.
Could you ever believe that
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we didn't know?
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Please forgive us, we didn't know.
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I wouldn't blame you if you never could,
and you never will.
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