"There are no warlike peoples.. just warlike leaders."
Ralph Bunche
One antiwar song among many thru the ages
Lyrics & Instruments
by Kent Welton
1. Its So Wrong - 5:30 min
2. It's So Wrong Coda - 3:25 min
"Sounds a lot like John Lennon"
K. Klimak, BDsound.com
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It's So Wrong - Lyrics (1991)
We are marching
We are marching
We are marching to war
It’s so wrong
It’s so wrong
It’s so wrong,
The way we carry on
I see the burned and charcoaled bodies
On the nightly news
And with our missiles so precise
We are nothing short of dead
We are tokens of the state
And we are captured
The moment we are born
It’s so wrong
It’s so wrong
It’s so wrong
The way we carry on
There’s no trigger on our hearts
But there’s a weapon to open up our minds
It’s the mind
It’s the mind
It’s the mind
That’s in our way
It’s the mind
It’s the mind
It’s the mind
We have to drop
I hear excuses
I hear regrets
But I still hear screams in the night
It’s so wrong
It’s so wrong
It’s so wrong
The way we carry on
We are marching
We are marching
We are marching off to war
There’s no living
There’s no loving
And there’s no peace in our lives
We are tokens of the state
We are captured the moment we are born
Yes, its so wrong
It’s so wrong
It’s so wrong
The way we carry on
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John David - Lyrics (1969)
John David he died for you
He's a comin' home
John David went to war for you
But he was meant to roam
Is it true what they're sayin' now
In the streets back home
Is it true what they're sayin' now
Has the time really come
Yes, he's on his way
John David he cried for you
Never feelin' his pain
John David he was lied to
He knew he died in vain
Can ya tell me there's a reason why
He was filled with fears
Can ya give me a reason why
That's worth all of our tears
Yes, he's on his way
His family's standin' on the train platform
With their heads hung down
They couldn't watch as they lowered that box
In which they brought Johnny home
John David was a son of yours
He was a friend of mine
John didn't have the heart to kill
He was friendly and kind
Is it true what they're sayin' now
In the streets back home
Is it true what they're sayin' now
Has the time really come
Yes, he's on his way
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Other Anti-War Song sites:
Znet's Archive of Anti-War Songs & Lyrics
http://www.zmag.org/songs/songarchive.htm
Raging Grannies Without Borders Anti War songs
http://www.geocities.com/raginggranni/AntiWarSongs.html
Axis Of Justice
http://pub50.ezboard.com/faxisofjusticefrm9.showMessage?topicID=43.topic
Sheffield Agaiinst The War
http://www.sheffieldagainstwar.org.uk/articles/anti-war-lyrics/
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