DISCLAIMER

IF YOU ARE IN THE ARMED FORCES AND WANT TO KICK MY ASS, I ASK ONLY THAT YOU LISTEN TWICE AND REALIZE IT IS A PRO TROOPS SONG WRITTEN IN THE ANGST OF THE BULL$H!T OUR SOLDIERS ARE FED...

IT’S ALSO FOR HIPPIES.

THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO

MATT CAULFEILD, RICH FREDERICKS, AND AWARENESS FOR SOCIAL INJUSTICE

-Doug Fredericks

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There where rallies and riots

Veterans and victims
Movements to over throw the system
He never stated a position, said “Yes sir” or “Roger”
Say what you will he became a draft dodger
Brace yourself politics follows a trend
In the end just remember the government ain’t your friend
Don’t bother me, I respect it actually you see my Pops is a long haired hippie

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He looks at me weird as if I was a cop
That’s flash backs from the LSD he used to drop
He’s a relic from the psychedelic time when the flag
Issued kids M16's, salt pills, body bags
Protestors possessed the manifest interest for a quest to test
The messed up policies politicians caressed
They didn’t want to win the war they would settle for less
Try to keep the whole world impressed with our interests to stress
And oppress organized communists shot ourselves at Kent state
What a wonderful twist
Instead of a class of peace they clashed with police
Hope they didn’t catch the tear gas released
Receiving wake up calls for young friends deceased
Don’t question why the riots and the rallies increased

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He lived in the days purple haze got people dazed
Smokin’ J’s was one of the only ways
Drugs were a craze to praise, life was a maze
Shot guns would blaze
When you heard fire sergeant
Or maybe the fire department would hose a crowd down from the fire hydrant
If your still defiant the dogs were sent relentlessly if resistance was tried
Either one of them or us so pick a side
Tie dyed or a uniform, would you conform
Sayin, fight the norm national guards would swarm
Preaching countries something that you cant betray
Societies fall from internal decay
A military man gets molded like clay

What does it say
When a decorated officer throws his medals away?

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He knows killers, widows, and revolutionists
Has a good idea of what ones life should consist
There’s a time to let up and a time to resist
Always insist your beliefs will persist
Who is to say the reason we exist? never let them make you cease and desist
Government raised taxes, Black Panthers raised a fist
Hippies raised hell, gung ho's raised their wrist to push the ink pens
And sign their names to enlist
If you think your life is the premium blend
You got beliefs, people that you would defend
Just remember reality is never pretend, take this thought with you till the end
Never trust the government, why?
’Cause the bitch ain’t your friend

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