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| It Takes A Soldier © Copyright George Papavgeris, February 2003 about the vicious circle of how our greed drives us to conflict. Inspired by seeing a shop steward on TV enthusing about the jobs to be created by the recently gained contract to build two aircraft carriers, conveniently forgetting that they would be building instruments of war that will inevitably lead to loss of life. I heard it yesterday on the news And to believe it I refused To hear the working man enthused That more guns would be built. And I remember thinking then That wallet wins the heart again And we will sing the old refrain As further blood is spilt: The circle is a vicious one, It's been like this since time began, For after all is said and done The soldier needs his bread. But no one can explain to me With all this land and all this sea Why we don't turn our soldiery To farm and fish instead. And I can almost hear you say "the world has always been that way, "for peace and freedom you must pay "and nothing is for free". But vicious circles you can break, 'Tis but an easy step to take: Just throw the guns into the lake But keep just one for me;-) If only we could understand Before things spiral out of hand It's not supply, but our demand That does the monster feed. And still our leaders never cease To manufacture enemies It isn't them that threaten peace, The problem is our greed. CHORUS It takes a soldier to fire the gun To make it you need a working man To feed him the farmer will plough the land It all goes hand in hand. But to feed the soldier and the man Who makes the gun, you need more land, And to get more land of course You need a soldier. |
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