C. Daniel Boling and Tom Paxton have a powerful new song, just posted on YouTube today:

SEND THE OLD MEN TO FIGHT
©2024 - C. Daniel Boling, Perfectly Stable Music/ASCAP & Tom Paxton, Bristow Songs/SESAC

Send us old men to fight if there has to be war
Don’t send the pride of our youth anymore
We couldn’t save the world – These kids just might
If we give ‘em a chance – Send us old men to fight

The world can get by without old folks like me
But we’ve lived long enough not to trust what we see
So you’d better put on one hell of a show
If you’re gonna convince us it’s our time to go

REFRAIN
We couldn’t save the world – These kids just might
If we give ‘em a chance – Send us old men to fight

Not as strong or as fast anymore – You can tell
But we’re smart and we’re mad and we’re meaner than hell
When the blood gets so deep we’re practically swimin’
We need the war finished – Send in the old women!
REFRAIN

Let’s agree to a new international rule
No sending children fresh out of school
Let them live a full live – Flourish and thrive
Give no one a gun till they’re ... seventy-five

Send us old men to fight if there has to be war
Don’t send the pride of our youth anymore
We couldn’t save the world – These kids just might
If we give ‘em a chance – Send us old men to fight


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7qPlRYvk5U