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Study war no more
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Lay down your arms
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Study war no more
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Lay 'em down, lay 'em down now
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Study war no more
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Lay down your arms
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Study war no more
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Newsreels rattle the Nazi dread--
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The able-bodied have shipped away--
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Molly McGee gets her tea-leaves read--
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You'll be married in a month they say
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"These leaves are crazy!
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Look at this town--there's no men left!
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Just frail old boys and babies
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Talking to teacher in the treble clef."
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She plants her garden in the spring
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She does the winter shovelling
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Tokyo Rose on the radio
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She says she's leavin' but she don't go
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Out of the blue--just passin' thru
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A young flight sergeant
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On two weeks leave--
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Says "Molly McGee--no one else will do!"
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And seals the tea-leaf prophecy.
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Oh these nights are strong and soft--
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Private passions and secret storms
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Nothin' about him ticks her off
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And he looks so cute in his uniform
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She plants her garden in the spring
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He does the winter shovelling
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But summer's just a sneeze
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In a long-long-bad-winter cold
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She says, "I'm leavin' here" but she don't go
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"Sleep little darlin'!
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This is your happy home
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Hiroshima cannot be pardoned!
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Don't have kids when you get grown.
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Because, this world is shattered
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The wise are mourning--
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The fools are joking
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Oh--what does it matter?
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The wash needs ironing
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And the fire needs stoking."
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She plants her garden in the spring
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He does the winter shovelling
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The three of 'em laughing 'round the radio
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She says "I'm leavin' here" but she don't go
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She plants her garden in the spring
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They do the winter shovelling
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They sit up late and watch the
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Johnny Carson show
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She says "I'm leavin' here but she don't go
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THE TEA LEAF PROPHECY
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| Joni Mitchell |
