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I always knew that you would

Take yourself far from home

As soon as, as far as

You could go

By the quarter inch cut of your hair

And the army issued green

For the past six weeks I can tell

Where you've been

For I knew, I could see

It was all cut and dried to me

There was soldier's blue blood

Streaming inside your veins

There's a world outside of this room

And when you meet it promise me

That you won't meet it

With your gun

For now, you are one

One of the brave few

It's so awful sad that we need

Boys like you

I hope the day never comes

For here's your live round, son

Stock and barrel, safety trigger

Here's your gun

For I knew, I could see

It was all cut and dried to me

There was soldier's blue blood

Streaming inside your veins

There's a world outside of this room

And when you meet it promise me

That you won't meet it

With your gun, taking aim

For I don't mean, to argue

That they've made a decent boy of you

I don't mean to spoil your homecoming, but

Baby brother, you would expect me to

Stock and barrel, safety trigger

Here's your gun

So now does your heart pitter-pat

With that patriotic sound

When you see the stripes of

Old Glory waving

For I knew, I could see

It was all cut and dried to me

There was soldier's blue blood

Streaming inside your veins

There's a world outside of this room

And when you meet it promise me

That you won't meet it

With your gun, taking aim

For I don't mean, to argue

That they've made a decent boy of you

I don't mean to spoil your homecoming

My baby brother Jude

And I don't mean to hurt you

By saying these things again

They're so good at making soldiers

But they're not as good at making

Men