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Johnny's War

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Will Johnny come marching home again, hoorah?
He’s coming by bus or on a plane, hoorah!
With a fresh hair cut, he came right back
He looked to us, but we turned our backs
He’s just another jaded son of America’s other war

Johnny joined up for a change of pace, hoorah
Johnny found out what change really means, hoorah
When the president called on us to vote for hope
Johnny’s in Afghanistan fighting for our dope
To protect the status quo of America’s other war

Johnny’s platoon killed women and kids, hoorah
Their bodies fell limp in the dusty fields, hoorah
The captain called them Taliban
But the blood was spilled in Pakistan
All for the comfort of America’s other war

Johnny’s best friend was blown to bits, hoorah
A roadside bomb was all it took, hoorah
Just doing business for Uncle Sam
Sacrifice, the ultimate scam
Who will be the last to die in America’s other war?

Johnny come marching home again, hoorah
With a pressed uniform and a rage within, hoorah
Americans killed in Katrina's floods
Cops beating victims like petty thugs
Johnny grabs a loaded gun in America’s other war

Johnny marches out to take them on, hoorah
His mom swears to god his mind is gone, hoorah
But Johnny knows the real enemy
It’s the brutal forces of the ruling elite
The first shot is fired in America’s other war

Johnny took six before his turn, hoorah
Johnny bled to death on a filthy curb, hoorah
But the media played his actions down
Domestic terrorist from out of town
Just another cop killer in a soldier’s uniform

Will Johnny come marching home again, hoorah
What they don’t understand it will happen again, hoorah
Keep sending kids to die for your wars
All you’ll get is an outraged poor
And then the war is on
When Johnny comes marching home.

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from Article 15, released April 28, 2013

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Article 15 Taos, New Mexico

Article 15 is born from the thirsty earth of northern New Mexico. Using anarcho-punk as a means to an end, their music is a battle cry against hate-mongering fascists and a tool to help build a new world based on peace, justice, and an egalitarian autonomy of the planet and its inhabitants. ... more

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