Soldiers Songtext
von Rod MacDonald

some people are born to be soldiers
they′re the ones who answer the call
we gratefully accept their service
to stand up and fight for us all
we send them off to do our bidding
and if i were a fly on the wall
i'd hate to see even one soldier
die for nothing at all

i had a friend who was a soldier
we sat out on my front lawn
he said i don′t know why i'm going
or what it is to be done
i mean isn't it their country
who are we to be butting in
he went off to the jungle
and i never did see him again


some people aren′t born to be soldiers
but they end up soldiers anyway
me i was never a soldier
and i don′t regret it today

some people are born to be spectators
they stand on the sidelines and cheer
they're never the ones who are going
but they support it, year after year
they invest in the oil and the weapons
make deals in the fine marble halls
and when the soldiers come home broken
they give them back nothing at all


some people say how ′bout a little something
to support the men and women over there
some public statement it's the right thing
some patriotic words of prayer
then why are they only called heroes
when their names end up on some wall?
i pray those born to be heroes
don′t die for nothing at all
some people are born to survive it
to watch their brothers in arms fall
me i was never a soldier
and i don't regret it at all

some people are born to be soldiers
civilians tell them what to do
where to go and who to kill
and especially who to answer to
they fight the good fights and the bad fights
so we can all think we′re standing tall
'cause we hate to see even one soldier
die for nothing at all