Name: They are the Soldiers
Duration: P00H03M50S
Description: The horrible reality and futility of war, especially in the age of mutually assured nuclear destruction. (Len)

They are the Soldiers

from Ripple Effects by Tripple Effect

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The horrible reality and futility of war, especially in the age of mutually assured nuclear destruction. (Len)

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They are the soldiers
Come out of the night
They are the soldiers
They’ve been trained to fight

They are the soldiers
They are very skilled
Don’t know who they work for
Or who they’ve killed

Tell them this war
You just can’t win
May be the last one
You’ll be going in

And when the soldiers come
For me and you
I think there’s one thing that we can do
When the soldiers come
For me and you
Must take up a gun
And be a soldier too

Tell them this war
You just can’t win
May be the last one
You’ll be going in

That’s why I hate
And I want to burn
Every uniform and
Every gun
Peace is a paradox
In my mind
Oh the war made my heart
Cold and blind

Tell them this war
You just can’t win
May be the last one
You’ll be going in

Listen to Einstein, he said
The third world war
Will be fought with fusion bombs
Satellites and more
After that one people will
Be left alone
You’ll fight each other then
With sticks and stones

Tell them this war
You just can’t win
That will be the last one
You’re going in

Tell them this war
You just can’t win
That will be the last one
You’re going in

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from Ripple Effects, released September 3, 2022
Len McCarthy: lead vocal, ukulele
Lynden Jacobi: backing vocal, ukulele
Carrie Jacobi: mandolin
Michael Hawke: recorder

Words and music by Len McCarthy

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