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I'm standing in a massacre the sky is streaked with red, we took the hill, we won the day, but most of us are dead. We fought to save each other's lives; We fought for mom  and dad; now all of that's been blown away, I'm weary now and sad. The bankers took the houses and Wall Street still stands tall; we only took this ****** hill that matters not at all. I've been a soldier all my lives: Shiloh to Vietnam, from Valley Forge to Gettysburg to bleak Afganistan. But I am through with fighting now these wars for gold and oil; I'm falling back, I'm headed home, to win my native soil. You politicians better fly, you bankers run away; For I am home and angry and that's how I'm going to stay. You've never seen a battle, You've never smelled the dead; you shipped us off like cattle to do the work instead. Take back my broken medals, Take back your shining lie, for Armageddon's coming and it's time for you to die. I'm standing in a massacre, the sky is streaked with red we took the hill, we won the day, but most of us are dead. The bugles all are silent as the night begins to fall, but the living have a purpose to go home and **** you all.
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Apr 18, 2015
Apr 18, 2015 at 3:16 PM UTC
Going Home V 2.0
I'm standing in a massacre the sky is streaked with red, we took the hill, we won the day, but most of us are dead. We fought to save each other's lives; We fought for mom  and dad; now all of that's been blown away, I'm weary now and sad. The bankers took the houses and Wall Street still stands tall; we only took this ****** hill that matters not at all. I've been a soldier all my lives: Shiloh to Vietnam, from Valley Forge to Gettysburg to bleak Afganistan. But I am through with fighting now these wars for gold and oil; I'm falling back, I'm headed home, to win my native soil. You politicians better fly, you bankers run away; For I am home and angry and that's how I'm going to stay. You've never seen a battle, You've never smelled the dead; you shipped us off like cattle to do the work instead. Take back my broken medals, Take back your shining lie, for Armageddon's coming and it's time for you to die. I'm standing in a massacre, the sky is streaked with red we took the hill, we won the day, but most of us are dead. The bugles all are silent as the night begins to fall, but the living have a purpose to go home and **** you all.
mike-essig
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Apr 18, 2015
Apr 18, 2015 at 3:16 PM UTC
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