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Soldier Blue Lyrics by Richard Lloyd

Field of Fire

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(Lloyd)
He was only seventeen when the letter came in the mail
From the local draft board saying you've got a choice
Jloin the army or you go to jail
As he packed his bags, his mother wept saying:
"Daddy don't you think it's a shame?"
"No, I think it will make him a man."
Eleven weeks of boot camp got you doing situps in the day and the night
Then they ship you out on a boat and they say you are ready to fight
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Have your breakfast in a Saigon street
Where the heroin is so strong
It makes the killing sweet
Pretty soon you can do no wrong
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
So they send you off on night patrol
Put a carbine in your hand
Tely ou not to shoot yourself
You're supposed to shoot the Vietnam
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Take a look at my friend Charlie
He's go tno hands, no legs, no feet
Now they've got him selling pencils on the corner
Boys, he begging in the street
Sa I call up my Congressman
Saying Mister I have a complaint
Why are we losing all our boys in the war?
When are we going to learn some restraint?
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue
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Richard Lloyd

Richard Lloyd

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"Soldier Blue" appears on "Field of Fire".

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