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WHEN THE FIGHTING PAUSES

ON THE DAY I TURNED 18
THE JUDGE SAID SON YOU KNOW
YOU CAN SPEND YOUR TIME IN JAIL
OR THE, ARMY ?TIL YOU?RE GROWN

I PACKED MY BAGS AND SAID GOODBYE
AND OFF TO WAR I GO
3 YEARS IN A FIREFIGHT
IN A, COUNTRY I DON?T KNOW

AND WHEN THE FIGHTING PAUSES I AM DREAMING
OF THE DAYS I?LL SPEND WHEN I AM HOME
AND I WON?T FORGET THE LIVES I?M LEAVING
I?LL CARRY THEM WHEREVER I SHALL GO

I?VE SEEN THE PEOPLE THAT WE FREED
AND THE, LIFE THAT THEY ENDURED
I THANK THE LORD EVERYDAY
FOR THE, COUNTRY WHERE I WAS BORN

I SERVED MY TIME, I SERVED IT WELL
I SERVED MY COUNTRY TOO
I THINK I?LL LEAVE THAT JUDGE A NOTE
THAT SAYS, THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO

AND WHEN THE FIGHTING PAUSES I AM DREAMING
OF THE DAYS I?LL SPEND WHEN I AM HOME
AND I WON?T FORGET THE LIVES I?M LEAVING
I?LL CARRY THEM WHEREVER I SHALL GO

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NOW I KNOW WHEN WE GO HOME
SOME PEOPLE WON?T APPROVE
IT?S AWFULLY NICE THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT
THEY ARE THE PRIVLEDGED FEW

SO REMEMBER WHEN OUR FLAG GOES UP
AND ALL THE MEN SALUTE
THE TEAR THAT ROLLS FROM THEIR EYE
IS FOR, ALL THEY GAVE TO YOU

?CAUSE WHEN THE FIGHTING PAUSED THEY ALL WERE DREAMING
OF THE DAYS THEY?D SPEND WHEN THEY WERE HOME
AND THEY WON?T FORGET THE LIVES THEY?RE LEAVING
THEY?LL CARRY THEM WHEREVER THEY SHALL GO

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