Kenny Woods - War Song (Why Did You Take Me Away From My Home?)

War Song

President Gerald Ford: "It is foremost among the nations of the world in the search for peace..and I must say to you that the State of the Union is not good."

My God it's true if it's happening to you
they're sending you far far away
Far from these farms with a truckload of arms
will you return one day?

You say, "I've played follow-the-leader before
but it feels like I'm fightin' this war on my own
I'm bleedin' and bruisin' it looks like I'm losin'
Why did you take me away from my home?"

President George W. Bush: "We will rid the world of the evildoers."

Sheila she said, "My husband is dead
now I don't know what I will do
I've a family to feed and no time to bleed
I wish none of this were true

You see I've had faith in my leaders before
but it feels like I'm mourning this war all alone
I've lost my love who's wonderin' from above
Why did you take me away from my home?"

Excerpt from Adolf Hitler
President Franklin D. Roosevelt: "A date which will live in infamy"
President George W. Bush: "Tonight we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom"

Late at night I can hear the cries
of the innocents dyin' each day
And when a man dies
because another man lies
we wonder why this is the way

Soldier says, "I was just following orders before
now it makes my blood boil and breaks every bone
Will I ever be back with my family?
Why did you take me away from my home?"

President Harry Truman: "We must work to bind up the wounds of a suffering world"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt: "There can be no peace if national policy adopts as a deliberate instrument the threat of war"
President John F. Kennedy: "Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind"

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[zazzidog]

Great song and history lesson!