You're not-welcome
You're not welcome
Don't thank me
for my service
don't ask me what
I did
My country made
me do it
and I was just
a kid
One step forward,
raise your hand
Swear you will obey
You just joined
their big game
and threw your
life away.
I never was a
hero
Though that's what
people say
What's so damn
heroic
about blowing
a family away?
No matter where
the battle
in spite of suffering
and pain
Even noble warriors
eventually die
in vain.
Raise that flag
up the staff
lower it down the
pole
take your ribbons
and your medals
and bury them
in a hole
Don't thank me
for my service
You haven't got
a clue
you don't have
any idea
what my country
made me do
Lt
Paul W Pearce