Back in the days of shock and awe
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We came to liberate them all
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History was the cruel judge of overconfidence
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Back in the days of shock and awe
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Back in the days of "mission accomplished"
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Our chief was landing on the deck
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The sun was setting on a golden photo op
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Back in the days of "mission accomplished"
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Thousands of bodies in the ground
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Brought home in boxes to a trumpet's sound
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No one sees them coming home that way
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Thousands buried in the ground
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Thousands of children scarred for life
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Millions of tears for a soldier's wife
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Both sides are losing now
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Heaven takes them in
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Thousands of children scarred for life
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We had a chance to change our mind
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But somehow wisdom was hard to find
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We went with what we knew and now we can't go back
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But we had a chance to change our mind.
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Shock And Awe
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| Neil Young |
