Time A Long Time Ago (a capella)

Time A Long Time Ago (add your flavor/remix this tune)

Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson

By no means a radical anti-war song (it is reform-minded on purpose), this tune is meant to be a simple appeal to bring all troops home now. The vocals are quite raw with no effects, and it is meant to be a country song. If you are interested (or you think you know someone that might be interested) in adding some music (or better vocals) to the mix, you can download the raw a capellas here at ccMixter (just click on the word "download" under the word "stream"). When you are done, you can email me any mp3s here.

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Lyrics:

in a war nobody can win

and a debt that won't never get paid

tell me how many have to die on both sides

before we can call it a day

 

there's always another turning point

oh yeah, it's always victory up ahead

while the big boys talk about  conditions on the ground

every new deadline just means new dead

 

and the billions that disappeared

all the trillions we could have spent here

just how long can we afford a lifestyle of war

while back home there ain't a dollar to spare

 

and anyway, what are we really trying to build

I said what are we accomplishing

but poverty and corruption, shattered infrastructure,

and puppet governments

 

chorus 1:

what the hell are we waiting for

to bring our children home from these wars

tell me just how long can we act like we don't know

it was time, along time ago

 

 

and all your promises, they make me wary

what about the bases and the mercenaries

where do you find the gall to call it withdrawal

when tens of thousands are left behind....

 

they don't want no occupation

and we got problems right here in our nation

if we're gonna withdraw, we should do it right

and bring home every last one

 

chorus 1:

what the hell are we waiting for

to bring our children home from these wars

tell me just how long can we act like we don't know

it was time, along time ago

come on home

(solo)

 

we got families on both sides crying

for their loved ones damaged and dying

no don't listen to the guilty tell you why

the only way to honor the dead is to let more people die

 

we ain't no safer, we ain't no stronger

we won't take these lies any longer

you know we're better than this, this ain't our fight

that ain't our country, it ain't our right

 

chorus 2:

so what the hell are we fighting for

let's bring our children home from these wars

tell me just how long can we tell ourselves the same thing...

chorus 3:

and it hurts so bad to admit it

and still some of just don't want to get it

but tell me, friend,  how long can you act like you don't know

it was time... one more time

chorus 1:

what the hell are we waiting for

to bring our children home from these wars

tell me just how long can we act like we don't know

it was time, a long time ago



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