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A Soldier’s Song Lyrics by Marc Bolan

Pictures of Purple People

2015

I went to the war to fight for their cause was I wrong?
Now my sunlight’s red, the smell of their dead lingers on
Now I'm only eighteen, I've flown without the wings
I had one year of college, learned five, good, things
Yes, I'm engaged to be married, yet maybe shot and buried dead
But I wanna go home
Yes, I wanna go home
There was one deep black night, got caught in a fire-fight, I was alone
I saw people dying Vietnam children crying for their home
I knew from that minute I'd never be a hero
Yes, there was something in it, no matter who did begin it
That's why we were sent here, to put an end to it
God, I wanna go home
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Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan

About “A Soldier’s Song” by Marc Bolan

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"A Soldier’s Song" appears on "Pictures of Purple People" in 2015.

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