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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